Death is contagious; it is contracted the moment we are conceived.

She began to feel the sense of wonderful elation that always came to her when beauty took hold of her and made her forget her fears.

Our story is never written in isolation. We do not act in a one-man play. We can do nothing that does not affect other people, no matter how loudly we say, "It's my own business.

In art we are once again able to do all the things we have forgotten; we are able to walk on water; we speak to the angels who call us; we move, unfettered, among the stars.

Have you ever tried to get to your feet with a sprained dignity?

We have to be braver than we think we can be, because God is constantly calling us to be more than we are.

There is in God, some say, a deep but dazzling darkness.