"We can't expect to be 'fit companions of the Gods,' like Eliza R. Snow said, if we haven't had to do the work to become that.  A lot of that is lonely work between us and the Lord and calling upon His Atonement to help us through our experience.  The journey is what makes us."

Julie B. Beck, "Sister Julie B. Beck: Continuing the Legacy," LDS Living, March/April 2012