Amanda Marie

“That's the thing about love: the best kind isn't easy of instant, and you often get roughed up a bit on the way.”
― Betsy Schow, Spelled

“Gone are the days when it was fashionable, or even acceptable, to be a Christian. In spite of the fact that a majority of people in First World countries self-identify as Christians, many of these self-proclaimed Christians are joining in Church bashing. Those who embrace the values of their faith in a world where doing so is frowned upon are the ones who will witness by their very example. And people will see that they are willing to risk the comforts of conformity for the sake of something bigger - a life bigger than life - the Kingdom of God.”
― Mike Aquilina, Seven Revolutions: How Christianity Changed the World and Can Change It Again

“Because a cage is still a cage, no matter how big or glittering the bars are.”
― Betsy Schow, Spelled

“Whatever comes," she said, "cannot alter one thing. If I am a princess in rags and tatters, I can be a princess inside. It would be easy to be a princess if I were dressed in cloth of gold, but it is a great deal more of a triumph to be one all the time when no one knows it.”
― Frances Hodgson Burnett, A Little Princess