“[T]welve year old Libby O'Shea coasted on a homemade swing, toes touching a blinding-blue heaven dolloped with clouds.”

“You own a piece of God's heart...like a piece of a puzzle that's missing. A piece nobody else can fill.”

“Forgiveness is really just another word for freedom.”

“Trust is not an obsession, it's an extension of love. When we truly love someone, we give them our heart to hold in their hands. And when that love is returned, that very trust is balm to our souls.”

“But the irony is that unless God's in the center of it, you can get singed pretty badly. ”

“Pray that God is the most important thing in your life, so much so that hurting him wold hurt you. When that happens, and your choices line up with his, it produces an amazing ripple effect of blessings--in your life, that of your family, and for the man you eventually marry.”

“The moon hung heavy over the lake like an overripe orange, trickling its golden stream of light across inky depths.”