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

Sometimes idiosyncrasies which used to be irritating become endearing, part of the complexity of a partner who has become woven deep into our own selves.

Schooling, instead of encouraging the asking of questions, too often discourages it.

You have to write the book that wants to be written. And if the book will be too difficult for grown-ups, then you write it for children.

If we are to be aware of life while we are living it, we must have the courage to relinquish our hard-earned control of ourselves.

When we were children, we used to think that when we were grown-up we would no longer be vulnerable. But to grow up is to accept vulnerability... To be alive is to be vulnerable.

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.