Phil and Hannah had decided that Christian guilt was better than bad math
Rhoda JanzenIn my opinion, sexiness comes down to three things: chemistry, sense of humor, and treatment of waitstaff at restaurants.
Rhoda JanzenI think maybe I'd still nod and smile and have lunch with him. I think maybe I'd still go to the Noam Chomsky documentary later that evening. And maybe I'd even marry him a couple of weeks later. Is it ever really a waste of time to love someone, truly and deeply, with everything you have?
Rhoda JanzenIs it ever really a waste of time to love someone, truly and deeply, with everything you have?
Rhoda JanzenCall me old-fashioned, but whenever I see those wire-fortified ribbons, I have the secret stab of nostalgia for old-timey ribbon, the kind whose ends flop like spaniel ears. I'm suspicious of unnaturally perky ribbon.
Rhoda JanzenSometimes you can just feel a person's decency in the same way that
sometimes you can intuit a lack of it. Phil had the air of a man who is fully attentively engaged Josh Hannah's first fiance had the air of a man trying not to look at his watch. Phil consistently interested himself in the lives of others Josh talked about himself. Phil looked at my sister with tenderness and humor Josh looked at her
as if she were an especially persistent gnat.
It was after Nick had left me that I learned the lesson: its when you don't love somebody that you do notice the little things. Then you mind them. You mind them terribly.
Rhoda JanzenI've come to believe that virtue isn’t a condition of character. It’s an elected action. It’s a choice we keep making, over and over, hoping that someday we’ll create a habit so strong it will carry us through our bouts of pettiness and meanness.
Rhoda JanzenWhen you're young, faith is often a matter of rules. What you should do and shouldn't do, that kind of thing. But as you get older, you realize that faith is really a matter of relationship - with God, with the people around you, with the members of your community.
Rhoda JanzenTags: inspirational faith
I'm not really a chicken-patty kinda girl," I said.
Rhoda JanzenTags: chicken fast-food mcdonald-s
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