Most of us come to the church by a means the church does not allow.

I have almost no capacity for worship. What I have is the knowledge that it is my duty to worship and worship only what I believe to be true.” May 19, 1962

Even in the life of a Christian, faith rises and falls like the tides of an invisible sea. It's there, even when he can't see it or feel it, if he wants it to be there. You realize, I think, that it is more valuable, more mysterious, altogether more immense than anything you can learn or decide upon It will keep you free - not free to do anything you please, but free to be formed by something larger than your own intellect or the intellects around you.

Woman! Do you ever look inside? Do you ever look inside and see what you are not? God!

Nothing needs to happen to a writer’s life after they are 20. By then they’ve experienced more than enough to last their creative life.

It is a sign of maturity... to find explanations in charity.

I never understand how writers can succumb to vanity - what you work the hardest on is usually the worst.