There are spaces of sorrow only God can touch.

I saw the suffering and I let myself feel it… I saw the injustice and was compelled to do something about it. I changed from being a nun who only prayed for the suffering world to a woman with my sleeves rolled up, living my prayer.

The important thing is that when your come to understand something you act on it, no matter how small that act is. Eventually it will take you where you need to go.

Once you inject fear into a society of people, they become more and more afraid because they don't cross over the neighbourhoods and the only information they get about other people is through the media.

Do they deserve to die?" but "Do we deserve to kill them?

Writing is like praying, because you stop all other activities, descend into silence, and listen patiently to the depths of your soul, waiting for true words to come. When they do, you thank God because you know the words are a gift, and you write them down as honestly and cleanly as you can.

Remorse presupposes enough self-forgetfulness to feel the pain ofothers.