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God is going to give you a task to do in your own time and place. Then you'll have to put your faith in Him as you follow your conscience.

That's why I wanted you to come with me today. We grow stronger every time our faith is tested. That's how we learn to trust Him.

I was a keen observer, however, absorbing everything that went on around me as I began drawing a map for my life.

"Grip the rudder and steer, Harriet. Don't just drift gently down the stream.

If you don't have a map, you might run aground somewhere or end up crushed against the rocks. Always know where you're headed."

"Du må treffe et sørgelig valg, Elizabeth.

Fra denne dag av må du være som en fremmed for den ene av dine foreldre. Din mor vil ikke se deg hvis du ikke gifter deg med Mr. Collins, og jeg vil ikke se deg hvis du gjør det."

Elizabeth kunne ikke la være å smile over en slik begynnelse på en setning, og en slik avslutning.

Tenk å bli motarbeidet av sin egen familie, og dertil av naboer som først og fremst tenker på seg selv og aldri på andre.

Ja, det er virkelig en stor trøst for meg at dere er kommet, og det er interessant å høre at det nå skal være lange ermer på kjolene.

But if you can gaze up at the stars at nigh and think fondly of your lost love, then it's worth falling in love and losing him.

"Did it end in heartache, dear?" "Well, yes, but it was the good kind of heartache (...) The kind where you'll always think fondly of each other, even though you know your love could never be."

Our lives mighta been much different if we'd had our way instead of God having His way.

Then one day, someone waved the magic wand again and broke the spell. Time became unfrozen, and after waiting and waiting for something to happen, everything happened at once.

I wont to get more involved in life from now on, instead of just reading about it in books. I want tot spend more time with people (...)

If I've learned anything while I've been here, it's how important it is to have family and friends and people around us to share our lives with.

"That's what comes from reading to many books. They give you an overactive imagination."

"Well, you read a lot of books, too." "I know, and I'm having the same problem you are."

"The best advice I can offer is this: Don't go into any relationship thinking you can change the other person.

Accept him the way he is right now, for the rest of his life. And he needs to accept you, too."

"We loved each other, Allie. But even true love doesn't always make things easy (..) The way we were raised, family expectations, goals and dreams. Those are all part of who we are."

"No matter how much you love someone, Allie, don't expect marriage to be easy."

"True love changes people, Allie.

When you're in love, you want to do things to please the other person and make them happy..."

Jesus said life is gonna be hard. Period. He said if you're gonna follow Him, then you're gonna carry a cross, just like He did.

This world of ours is under a curse, honey. We need to expect things to be bad. But even if we lose everything, we still have Jesus.

"Them weeds should all be pulled up or theu'll choke out the good plants.

Weeds are just like hatred and greed, you know. If you ain't careful, they'll choke all the love and compassion out of a person."

"Jesus tells ut to be praying, 'Forgive us our debts just like we're forgiving others,' because He knows if we don't pray for that every single day and remind ourselves to forgive, we ain't gonna be doing it.

And I need His help, honey-girl. Without it, I surely can't forgive all the people who wronged me."

A rush of hot air made my face even redder. Sometimes I hate being a fair-skinned blonde.

People could read my distress like a thermometer as the color filled or drained from my cheeks.

She caressed the worn cover and smiled faintly again.

I knew the anticipation June Ann felt as she was about to open a book and lose herself in the story, living a more interesting, colorful life along with the characters.