37 Quotes by Hannah Brencher

And I keep going, knowing that my God is a fighter, and freedom will not be a footnote in my story.

I believe now that we’re the enemy to the things we really want for our lives. We get really good at telling ourselves ugly lies on repeat every day. You’re unworthy. You’re ugly. You’re inadequate.

It almost feels like at some point life whacks you on top of the head and hands you a list of all the things you can keep. The list is surprisingly long. You can keep letters. You can keep trying. You can keep secrets and you can try your hardest to keep promises. You can keep your eyes on the road. You can keep his sweatshirt, the one he left on the living room floor. You can keep photos and you can keep the memories. But you cannot keep people. People are not things - you can't keep them.

We get very little control, but I am adamant in believing there are two things we do get to control, how we show up and how we finish.

Remember: whatever is burrowed deep in one hungry soul is bound to be tethered to the hearts of many, many more.

Maybe we’re all a how are you away from not feeling so alone in all of this today.

And that’s the truth I needed to swallow: people don’t step out and love for you; that’s on you. You have to be the one to get down deep enough and whisper the words people can’t always say for you - whether you believe in them full or not - “I choose you. I choose you.

God is a lot of things to a lot of people but I don’t think he is a cheap party host with limited grace to give out.

I had to take the first step for myself.