Like and equal are two entirely different things.

Dare I? Of course I don't. But I'm going to anyhow because I have no choice.

As paredes tem ouvidos. (Portuguese: The walls have ears.)

I've got a sweater." Ben pulled off his coat and held it out for her. "Here." "Thanks, Ben. It's lovely and warm." Then she said, "Ben, I-- I can tell you how I feel about-- about everything. I think you're the best friend I've ever had. I-- I'd lie down and die for you if you wanted me to." "Honey," Ben said. "When I get you to lie down for me it won't be to die.

Stories make us more alive, more human, more courageous, more loving.

Rather than feeling lost and unimportant and meaningless, set against galaxies which go beyond the reach of the furthest telescopes, I feel that my life has meaning. Perhaps I should feel insignificant, but instead I feel a soaring in my heart that the God who could create all this — and out of nothing — can still count the hairs of my head.

you've got to learn to walk through a pigpen and not get dirty.