Carolyn Miller Quotes

Love, real love is not a romantical whim. It is a choice - "
"You make it sound so appealing."
"A choice I gladly make every day, because I love Catherine, and wish to put her feelings and considerations ahead of my own."
(Miss Serena's Secret)

God's love doesn't change just because my circumstances do.

Perhaps forgiveness was linked to choosing to be kind to one's enemies.

God was so very far away.

God was so very far away."

(The Elusive Miss Ellison)

Unforgiveness binds, but forgiving others sets us free. It actually does us more good because our heart is not so cluttered with poisonous thoughts against others.
- The Making of Mrs. Hale

I believe we give feelings permission to live in our hearts by whether we choose to think upon such things or not. The more we think about certain matters the greater impact they effect, until they can tend to obsess us.

Unforgiveness is a poison that shrivels the heart. It means a person cannot truly live in the present as they're always thinking about the past.

[He] wanted her to be his. But despite her mother's confidence, Charlotte was still too hesitant for words to be rashly spoken. He needed to guide her into trusting him, show her by his actions that he would be a faithful husband, cleaving only to her, should she do him the great honor and consent to be his wife.