“and in that one night's wickedness I drowned all my repentance,all my reflections upon my past conduct,and all my resolution for the future.”
“There seemed to be nothing left in the world, for I felt that Roland had taken with him all my future and Edward all my past.”
“If one good deed in all my life I did, I do repent it from my very soul.”
“I savor [my photographs] with the slightly sad joy of reflecting that all this good time is past.”
“My chief desire in all my writings, is to exalt the Lord Jesus Christ and make Him beautiful and glorious in the eyes of people; and to promote the increase of repentance, faith, and holiness upon earth.”
“I have to keep hope that maybe one day, in the not so distant future, that I’ll be able to simply think about my awful past and it won’t make my stomach churn. Hope is all I have creating my pathway for this new journey.”