Kate was the best thing he’d done in his professional career, and he could handle anything so long as she didn’t leave him.

I’m going to need help, and I need someone who is fearless. Someone who isn’t afraid to stand up to dragons and battle them day after day. Our results may not show promise for years. Our patients will die. There will be days when you feel so beaten down you’ll want to crawl home and give up. But I’ll need you to get up, dust yourself off, and be ready to wage battle the next day.” He locked eyes with her. “I need someone who wants to win as badly as I do. That is why I want you for this job.

I’ve been alone most of my life because I’m the only person in the world I can rely on. For a few days I deluded myself into thinking you were someone I could believe in. That I could trust you and lean on you, that you would never lie to me. What a mistake I made.

Whenever she was with him, it was as if she could dream bigger, see farther.

Was there anything more inspiring than being able to look up and see oneself surrounded by thousands of books all the way to the ceiling three stories above?

Happiness was not an abundance of riches or amusements, it was evenings such as these, when people were engaged in a worthy pursuit and surrounded by kindred spirits. It.

Anna’s words from long ago came back to him. “We are all beautiful but broken people. Jesus forgives us, even when we don’t deserve it. That’s a pretty good reason to be forgiving.

He stayed true to his convictions, despite the overwhelming pressure to capitulate.

Dreams are hard,” he said. “You work toward them, struggle and sacrifice, but that doesn’t always mean you will get there. I used to believe if I wanted something badly enough, I was destined to win it as long as I never gave up trying.

God has created a huge, complex tapestry with our lives. It’s got shadows and darkness shot through with highlights of gold. We can never go back and undo those threads and weave them into something else.