And I was to find out then, as I found out so many times, over and over again, that women especially are social beings, who are not content with just husband and family, but must have a community, a group, an exchange with others. A child is not enough. A husband and children, no matter how busy one may be kept by them, are not enough. Young and old, even in the busiest years of our lives, we women especially are victims of the long loneliness.

I think anarchy is natural to the Catholic. The Church is pretty anarchistic, you know. Who pays attention to the Pope or the Cardinals?

For me Christ was not to be bought for thirty pieces of silver but with my heart's blood. We buy not cheap in this market.

People, wherever they are, can make a community.

It's Godlike to love man - even in his sin - merely because he's man.

The idea that when the health of one member suffers, the health of the whole body is lowered is a teaching of St Paul which is timeless.

The biggest mistake sometimes is to play things very safe in this life and end up being moral failures.