The prayer of words cannot be eliminated. And I must pray them daily, whether I feel like praying or not. Otherwise, when God as something to say to me, I will not know how to listen. Until I have worked through self, I will not be enabled to get out of the way.

There was no light. The darkness was deep and there was no dazzle.

A long-term marriage has to move beyond chemistry to compatibility, to friendship, to companionship. It is certainly not that passion disappears, but that it is conjoined with other ways of love.

If it can be verified, we don't need faith... Faith is for that which lies on the other side of reason. Faith is what makes life bearable, with all its tragedies and ambiguities and sudden, startling joys.

When we can play with the unself-conscious concentration of a child, this is: art: prayer: love.

We do not love each other without changing each other.

Dare I? Of course I don't. But I'm going to anyhow because I have no choice.