The part of us that has to be burned away is something like the deadwood on the bush; it has to go, to be burned in the terrible fire of reality, until there is nothing left but . . . what we are meant to be.

On the other side of pain, there is still love.

Anything that's natural can't be sinful-it may be inconvenient, but it's not sinful.

Yes! I dare disturb the universe.

Are anybody's parents typical?

To refuse to respond is in itself a response.

I have a point of view. You have a point of view. God has view.