Jeep, you hit the spot on this one.

This guy.

Dear Future Wife,

This is probably going to happen in our house at some point. You’ve been warned.

Sincerely,

Joel

If a man has no sense of meaning, he will numb himself with pleasure.

– Donald Miller paraphrasing Viktor Frankl in Scary Close p.183

[I]f we live behind a mask we can impress but we can’t connect.

– Donald Miller in Scary Close p.171

Environments in which we are encouraged to hide our faults are toxic.

– Donald Miller in Scary Close p.158

[F]ear of letting people down is one of the primary reasons people procrastinate.

– Donald Miller in Scary Close p.143

[Y]ou can’t have a true, intimate relationship with people you control. Control is about fear. Intimacy is about risk.

– Donald Miller in Scary Close p.106

[True intimacy is] the one thing we all want, and must give up control to get.

– Donald Miller in Scary Close p.98

Real love stories don’t have dictators, they have participants.

– Donald Miller in Scary Close p. 98