Don't be afraid..." We need this reassurance. Even for those of us who believe implicitly in angels, to be confronted by one is an awesome thing."

I don't know if they're really like everybody else, or if they're able to pretend they are.

An infinite question is often destroyed by finite answers. To define everything is to annihilate much that gives us laughter and joy... If I try self-consciously to become a person, I will never be one. The most real people, those who are able to forget their selfish selves, who have true compassion, are usually the most distinct individuals

Following Christ has nothing to do with success as the world sees success. It has to do with love.

It takes too much energy to be against something unless it's really important.

If I sit for a while, then my impatience, crossness, frustration, are indeed annihilated, and my sense of humor returns.

When a promise is broken, the promise still remains. In one way or another, we are all unfaithful to each other, and physical unfaithfulness is not the worst kind there is.