Quotes from 'The Shack' that I like

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'I suppose that since most of our hurts come through relationships so will our healing, and I know that grace rarely makes sense for those looking in from the outside' (11)

'Relationships are never about power, and the one way to avoid the will to power is to choose to limit oneself - to serve' (106)

'Rights are where survivors go, so they don't have to work out relationships' (137)

'Submission is not about authority and it is not obedience, it is all about relationships of love and respect' (145)

'Being my follower is not trying to "be like Jesus", it means for your independence to be killed' (149)

'So many believe that it is love that grows, but it is the knowing that grows and love simply expands to contain it. Love is just the skin of knowing' (155)

'Each choice ripples out through time and relationships, bouncing off other choices. And out of what seems to be a huge mess, Papa weaves a magnificent tapestry' (176)

'Guilt'll never help you find freedom in me. The best it can do is make you try harder and conform to some ethic on the outside. I'm about the inside' (187)

'Responsibilities and expectations are the basis of guilt and shame and judgment, and they provide the essential framework that promotes performance as the basis for identity and value' (206)

'You love each person differently because of who they are and the uniqueness they draw out of you. And the more you know another, the richer the colors of that relationship' (213)

'Forgiveness is not about forgetting...it's about letting go of another person's throat' (204)