He stepped down, avoiding any long look at her as one avoids long looks at the sun, but seeing her as one sees the sun, without looking.

I don't want to prove anything; I merely want to live, to do no one harm but myself. I have the right to do that, haven't I?

she smiled at him, and at her own fears.

The ideas of the wise have been tested by centuries. Everything medium is lost and only original, deep and useful things are left.

He looked at her as a man looks at a faded flower he has gathered , with difficulty recognizing the beauty for which he picked and ruined it.

If the thought ever comes to you that everything that you have thought about God is mistaken and that there is no God, do not be dismayed. It happens to many people. But do not think that the source of your unbelief is that there is no God.

God knows, but He's waiting