A Million Miles in a Thousand Years
A character is what he does.”
Donald Miller • A Million Miles in a Thousand Years
the only practical advice given about living a meaningful life is to find a job you like, enjoy your marriage, and obey God. It’s as though God is saying, Write a good story, take somebody with you, and let me help.
Donald Miller • A Million Miles in a Thousand Years
When we look back on our lives, what we will remember are the crazy things we did, the times we worked harder to make a day stand out.
Donald Miller • A Million Miles in a Thousand Years
In a way, I’d started a new story about trying to find a story, and so I didn’t need to escape my boring life anymore. I was a character who wanted something, and, well, that’s half the battle.
Donald Miller • A Million Miles in a Thousand Years
A character who wants something and overcomes conflict to get it is the basic structure of a good story.
Donald Miller • A Million Miles in a Thousand Years
depressed because they thought the climax to their substory was actually a climax to the human story, and it wasn’t. The human story goes on.
Donald Miller • A Million Miles in a Thousand Years
“Don, when something hard happens to you, you have two choices in how to deal with it. You can either get bitter, or better. I chose to get better. It’s made all the difference.”
Donald Miller • A Million Miles in a Thousand Years
our greatest fears are relational. It’s all that stuff about forgiveness and risking rejection and learning to love.
Donald Miller • A Million Miles in a Thousand Years
I realized how much of our lives are spent trying to avoid conflict. Half the commercials on television are selling us something that will make life easier. Part of me wonders if our stories aren’t being stolen by the easy life.