"Don't you ever get tired of believing, Madame? Don't you ever want proof?"

Madame Manec rests a hand on Marie-Laure's forehead. The thick hand that first reminded her of a gardener's or a geologist's. "You must never stop believing. That's the most important thing."

(~Anthony Doerr, All the Light We Cannot See)

"Don't you think it's rather nice that we're in a book that God's writing? If I were writing a book, I might make mistakes. But God knows how to make the story end just right--in the way that's best for us."

"Do you really believe that mother?" Peter asked quietly.

"Yes," she said, "I do believe it--almost always--except when I am so sad that I can't believe anything. But even when I don't believe it, I know it's true..."
(~Edith Nesbit, The Railway Children)