He knows that there are occasional pauses in the struggle.

One never knows what life may have in store for us, and it's always good to know where the emergency exit is.

She [the Virgin Mary] was normal. She had already had other children. The Bible tells us that Jesus had two brothers. Virginity, as it relates to Jesus, is based on a different thing: Mary initiated a new generation of grace. A new era began. She is the cosmic bride, Earth, which opens to the heavens and allows itself to be fertilized.

Anyone who interferes with the destiny of another thing never will discover his own.

A miracle happened: another day of life.

We could go back to the time when we first met: a man in emotional tatters over someone who had left him, and a woman madly in love with her neighbor. I could repeat what I said to you once: 'I'm going to fight to the bitter end.' Well, I fought and I lost, and now I'll just have to lick my wounds and leave.

He told himself that he would have to start reading thicker books: they lasted longer, and made more comfortable pillows.