Forgiveness is giving up all hope of having had a better past.

A nun I know once told me she kept begging God to take her character defects away from her. After years of this prayer, God finally got back to her: I'm not going to take anything away from you, you have to give it to Me.

I like to read away as much of the afternoon as possible, until real life rears its ugly head.

Perfectionism is the voice of the oppressor; the enemy of the people. It will keep you insane your whole life.

Anything you say from your heart to God is a prayer. But "why" is rarely a useful question. When Job keeps asking God why he has had such loss and suffering, God says, "You wouldn't understand." I always want to know why, and I almost never have a good answer.

I'm kind of a gossip hound, but watching the media whip the small fires into giant forest fires so that they can cover the result is infuriating.

After a while the middle-aged person who lives in her head begins to talk to her soul, the kid.