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My mother... she is beautiful, softened at the edges and tempered with a spine of steel. I want to grow old and be like her.

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A sacrament--like marriage--means living a life better than your natural instincts, so that you're modeling God. And God never gives up.

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Sometimes, mothers say and do things that seem like they don't want their kids... but when you look more closely, you realize that they're doing those...more

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Things that look impossible suddenly seem a lot better, once you get God on board.

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It's the child who's supposed to cry, and the mom who makes it all better, not the other way around, which is why mothers will move heaven and earth t...more

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I want to believe there's a God. Because I sure as hell know there's a devil.

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I wonder if other mothers feel a tug at their insides, watching their children grow up into the people they themselves wanted so badly to be.

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Dr. Keller begins pacing. "I don't think we've been hearing Faith just right. Her guard...the words..they sound alike."What do you mean?"Your daughter...more

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People believe in God because they don't have any other explanation for things that happen.

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Sometimes you can see things happen right in front of your eyes and still jump to the wrong conclusions.

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Taking a deep breath, I shake my head and find Judge staring at me. "Reason number 106 why dogs are smarter than humans," I say. "Once you leave the l...more

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What I really want to tell him is to pick up that baby of his and hold her tight, to set the moon on the edge of her crib and to hang her name up in t...more

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Dylan Jerome," the lawyer admits, "wanted to sue God for not caring enough about him.

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You know, Sage, Jesus didn't tell us to forgive everyone. He said turn the other cheek, but only if you the one who was hit. Even the Lord's Prayer sa...more