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)

Maybe the trying is the thing. Maybe it doesn't get better than that. Maybe you never quite get there. And maybe that's okay.

There's no original evil left in the world. Everyone's just recycling pain. (257)

What about my rights? What about a person's privacy? Did all that just go to hell after 9/11?

I think men should be able to veto women's abortions if they're willing to care for the child after it's born.

The irrational thoughts were the ones with the power to burn holes in your gut.

...Some people hurt so much they can't take what they need, even when someone wants to give it to them. (106)