Deep down, everyone wants the truth.

God is not attracted to mountaintops or church steeples. God is drawn to suffering, and the dark places it surfaces, which is why sharing pain freely feels very much like love, and may be the same thing. (207)

The roots of any evil deed can be traced to the perpetrator's refusal to experience pain.

When people can do something simple to avoid conflict--say, hit a button or unlock a latch--they'll generally do it.

People blush when one of their core truths is revealed.

My throat tightened, but I held back the tears and reminded myself that withdrawing from a woman is no different than kicking a drug; you feel shaky and you want it, but eventually the need passes, and you feel restored.

Relationships are never chance events.