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When a woman forsakes her vulnerability because she’s been hurt or because she lives in a dangerous world or doesn’t want to be used, she loses something essential about being a woman.

John Eldredge

I wasn’t mean; I wasn’t evil. I was nice. And let me tell you, a hesitant man is the last thing in the world a woman needs. She needs a lover and a warrior, not a Really Nice Guy.
JOHN ELDREDGE

Hesitant Man Myself Need Warrior Woman
Desire reveals design, and design reveals destiny.
JOHN ELDREDGE

Anand Thakur
They ignore what is deep and true to a man’s heart, his real passions, and simply try to shape him up through various forms of pressure.
JOHN ELDREDGE

Anand Thakur
My heart matters to God. My heart has always mattered to him.
JOHN ELDREDGE

God Heart Himself
Eternal life is not primarily duration but quality of life, “life to the limit.
JOHN ELDREDGE

Anand Thakur
Truth be told, most of us are faking our way through life. We pick only those battles we are sure to win, only those adventures we are sure to handle, only those beauties we are sure to rescue.
JOHN ELDREDGE

Adventure Fake Life Rescue Truth
Christianity has basically communicated to men that the reason God put you on this Earth is to be a good boy. Mind your manners, be a nice guy. That’s soul killing!
JOHN ELDREDGE

Anand Thakur
A man must have a battle to fight, a great mission to his life that involves and yet transcends even home and family.
JOHN ELDREDGE

Battle Family Fight Home Life Man Transcendence
We think you’ll find that every woman in her heart of hearts longs for three things: to be romanced, to play an irreplaceable role in a great adventure, and to unveil beauty. That’s what makes a woman come alive.
JOHN ELDREDGE

Anand Thakur
Eve is a life giver; she is Adam’s ally. It is to both of them that the charter for adventure is given. It will take both of them to sustain life. And they will both need to fight together.
JOHN ELDREDGE

Anand Thakur
The point is the love story. We live in a love story in the midst of war.
JOHN ELDREDGE

Anand Thakur
We don’t see clearly because we don’t see with the eyes of our heart.
JOHN ELDREDGE

Clear Eyes Heart See
Most of what you encounter when you meet a man is a facade, an elaborate fig leaf, a brilliant disguise.
JOHN ELDREDGE

Brilliant Disguise Encounter Man Yourself
We are not inviting—we are guarded. Most of our energy is spent trying to hide our true selves, and control our worlds to have some sense of security.
JOHN ELDREDGE

Control Guard Invitation Ourselves Security
Adventure, with all its requisite danger and wildness, is a deeply spiritual longing written into the soul of man.
JOHN ELDREDGE

Adventure Dangerous Man Soul Spirituality
But a wound unfelt is a wound unhealed.
JOHN ELDREDGE

Feeling Healing One Liner Wound

When a woman forsakes her vulnerability because she’s been hurt or because she lives in a dangerous world or doesn’t want to be used, she loses something essential about being a woman.

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When a woman forsakes her vulnerability because she’s been hurt or because she lives in a dangerous world or doesn’t want to be used, she loses something essential about being a woman.

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