God understands. And God understands that part of us which is more than we think we are.

Their love was a bright flower, youthful and radiantly beautiful.

I feel as though I'm not breathing when I'm out of his presence. He's the oxygen in my air, the sun in my universe, the staff of my life. —Jane Gardiner

Deepest communion with God is beyond words, on the other side of silence.

Suddenly there was a great burst of light through the Darkness. The light spread out and where it touched the Darkness the Darkness disappeared. The light spread until the patch of Dark Thing had vanished, and there was only a gentle shining, and through the shining came the stars, clear and pure.

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.

I share Einstein's affirmation that anyone who is not lost in rapturous awe at the power and glory of the mind behind the universe "is as good as a burnt out candle."