“Stories not only give us a much needed practice on figuring out what makes people tick, they give us insight into how we tick.”

“We know how it ends practically before it starts. That's why stories appeal to us. They give us the clarity and simplicity our real lives lack.”

“We each have our own way of expressing ourselves. I just think that life gives us things, situations— people— to make us see how much we have to learn . . . how much we need to remember to stay humble and realize we are just like children. We don't know everything.”

“Life gives us what we need when we need it; receiving what it gives us is a whole other thing.”

“How does one keep from “growing old inside”? Surely only in community. The only way to make friends with time is to stay friends with people…. Taking community seriously not only gives us the companionship we need, it also relieves us of the notion that we are dispensable.”

“God may not give us what we Want, but He always gives us what we Need!”