4. “Thirsty hearts are those whose longings have been wakened by the touch of God within them.” ~ A.W. Tozer

5. “Romance is the deepest thing in life. Romance is deeper even than reality.” ~ G.K. Chesterton

6. “We live in narrative, we live in story. Existence has a story shape to it. We have a beginning and an end, we have a plot, we have characters.” ~ Eugene Peterson

7. “The deepest convictions of our hearts are formed by stories and reside there in the images and emotions of story.” ~ John Eldredge

8. “God created people because He loves stories.” ~ Elie Wiesel

9. “I had always felt life first as a story; and if there is a story there is a storyteller.” ~ G.K. Gesterton

10. Life is but a walking shadow, a poor player That struts and frets his hour upon the stage And then is heard no more. It is a tale Told by an idiot, full of sound and fury, Signifying nothing. ~ William Shakespeare, Macbeth

11. “The heart has its reasons that reason knows not of.” ~ Blaise Pascal

12. “So long as we imagine it is we who have to look for God, we must often lose heart. But it is the other way around – He is looking for us.” ~ Simon Tugwell

13. “God’s problem is not that God is not able to do certain things. God’s problem is that God loves. Love complicates the life of God as it complicates every life.” ~ John Hall

14. “The reason God didn’t make puppets is because He wanted lovers.” ~ John Eldredge

15. “Our creation is by love, in love, and for love.” ~ Gerald May

16. “We have all forgotten what we really are.” ~ G.K. Chesterton

17. “Our original, shimmering self gets buried so deep that most of us hardly end up living out of it at all. Instead, we live out all the other selves which we are constantly putting on and taking off like coats and hats against the world’s weather.” ~ Frederick Beuchner

18. “Above all else, the Christian life is a love affair of the heart. It cannot be lived primarily as a set of principles or ethics.” ~ Brent Curtis

19. “These people say they are mine. They honour me with their lips, but their hearts are far away. And their worship of me amounts to nothing more than human laws learned by rote.” ~ Isaiah 29:13 (NLT)

20. “God will rejoice over you as a bridegroom rejoices over his bride.” ~ Isaiah 62:5 (NLT)

21. “Do not withhold good from those who deserve it when it’s in your power to help them. If you can help your neighbour now, don’t say, ‘Come back tomorrow, and then I’ll help you.’” ~ Proverbs 3:27-28 (NLT)