I've never been very good at feasting on the daily newspaper. It turns bitter in my mouth. And yet, this is my world. This face of suffering I must embrace as a part of my responsibility. Part of the feast is becoming aware of the world that is mine. Part of the feast is owning this broken world as my own brokenness.
—Macrina Wiederkehr
Forgiveness is a funny thing. It warms the heart and cools the sting.
—William Arthur Ward
I believe that happiness can be found. If I thought otherwise, I should be silent and not make unhappiness the more bitter by discussing it.
—Carl Hilty in Happiness: Essays on the Meaning of Life
Sweet is made sweeter after we eat something bitter.
—Tarryn Fisher in F*ck Love