Wherever she was, holy laughter was present to heal and redeem.

When we make ourselves vulnerable, we do open ourselves to pain, sometimes excruciating pain. The more people we love, the more we are liable to be hurt, and not only by the people we love, but for the people we love.

But where, after we have made the great decision to leave the security of childhood and move on into the vastness of maturity, does anybody ever feel completely at home?

The beginning of our happiness lies in the understanding that life without wonder is not worth living. What we lack is not a will to believe but a will to wonder.

wherever there's laughter, there is heaven

The naked intellect is an extraordinarily inaccurate instrument.

I don't understand it any more than you do, but one thing I've learned is that you don't have to understand things for them to be.