No one wants advice - only corroboration.

There is no lostness like that which comes to a man when a perfect and certain pattern has dissolved about him.

He can kill anything for need but he could not even hurt a feeling for pleasure.

Dear Lord,' he said. 'let me be like Aron. Don’t make me mean. I don’t want to be. If you will let everybody like me, why, I’ll give you anything in the world, and if I haven’t got it, why, I’ll go for to get it. I don’t want to be mean. I don’t want to be lonely. For Jesus’ sake, Amen.

What hidden, hoarded longings there are in all of us.

So many old and lovely things are stored in the world's attic because we don't want them around us and we don't dare throw them out.

“Do you take pride in your hurt?” Samuel asked. “Does it make you seem large and tragic?” “I don't know.” “Well, think about it. Maybe you're playing a part on a great stage with only yourself as audience.”