but love is a stubborn thing to conquer. When you think you've killed it, it's liable to bob up again as strong as ever. - L. Frank Baum

"but you will admit that it's a good thing to be alive." "Especially"

There is no living thing that is not afraid when it faces danger. The True courage is in facing danger when you are afraid,

As the years pass, and we look back on something which, at the time, seemed unbelievably discouraging and unfair, we come to realize that, after all, God was at all times on our side. The eventual outcome was, we discover, by far the best solution for us, and what we thought should have been to our best advantage, would in reality have been quite detrimental.