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)

Relationships are never chance events.

Deep down, everyone wants the truth.

The bad things don't seem to happen to bad people.' That's because they already did. There's no original evil left in the world.

What was it about not knowing a person that allowed you to wonder whether she might be the answer to all your problems?

For a psychiatrist to be any good, he has to be willing to corner you, close off the easy exits, even when it hurts. It's supposed to. (46)

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