“Hard work always pays off in the eyes of a God that never sleeps. . . . Who's always near and never far”
“...there can never be intimacy if [someone] is always trying to pay God back or work hard enough to be worthy.”
“Fate.She'd never been a big beliver in things like that, had always believed that solid decisions and hard work were what paid off. And they had.But, really, it was getting to the point where it felt like the universe was screaming at her to pay attention!”
“Always near, but never there...”
“Always the bridesmaid , never the bride." Always the godfather, never the god".”
“I do not know anyone who has gotten to the top without hard work. That is the recipe. It will not always get you to the top, but it will get you pretty near.”