111 Quotes by N.D. Wilson

That much life is heavy for the strongest shoulders.

In the end, he would say goodbye to them all, or they would say goodbye to him. Life would pass. They would all find their ends. But not now. Not yet. For now, they were alive. Together. And that was enough.

Glory is sacrifice, glory is exhaustion, glory is having nothing left to give.

Family is, of course, wonderful. Three cheers for family, et cetera. At another time, we could even peruse old photo albums and speak of cousins; unfortunately, we really do have urgent business to attend to.

We are narrative creatures, and we need narrative nourishment-nar rative catechisms.

What I say is, don’t go playing unless you can win. Only sit down to chess with idiots, only kick a dog what’s dead already, and don’t love a lady unless she loves you first.

That wasn’t me. I’m not a morning person. There’s another person inside of me that does all the morning things.

It is hard to stay focused with so much swirling around me. God is distracting. He never stops talking, and I can never stop listening. There is a reason we sleep.

In the Darwinian world, self-preservation is the ultimate shiny good.