People don't acknowledge loneliness in themselves, and don't appreciate its benefits, the reflection and attentiveness that come with it, the deepened acquaintance with oneself.

I think the essence of family is that you have to agree to it, and then supply, out of your imagination and capacity for loyalty, the contents of it.

Faith takes a great many forms, suited to a variety of sensibilities, and mine happens to suit me very well.

Light is constant, we just turn over in it.

He [Christ] even restored the severed ear of the soldier who came to arrest Him - a fact that allows us to hope the resurrection will reflect a considerable attention to detail.

It all means more than I can tell you. So you must not judge what I know by what I find words for.

Grace has a grand laughter in it.