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.
The truth will set you free. Unless you're guilty.
Deep down, everyone wants the truth.
There's no original evil left in the world. Everyone's just recycling pain. (257)
People blush when one of their core truths is revealed.
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)