For evil in the open is but evil from within that has been let out.

Faith in God is an opening up, a letting go, a deep trust, a free act of love—but sometimes it was so hard to love. Sometimes my heart was sinking so fast with anger, desolation and weariness, I was afraid it would sink to the very bottom of the Pacific and I would not be able to lift it back up.

I love Canada. Its a wonderful political act of faith that exists atop a breathtakingly beautiful land.

It is a vast country, so that inspires you. It's also the greatest hotel on earth: It welcomes people from everywhere. It's a good country to write from because in many ways Canada is the world.

There's nothing like the unimaginable to make people believe.

If you don't have dreams, how do you maneuver reality? Where do you get the ideas to change reality if not from dreams?

I preferred to set off and perish in search of my own kind than to live a lonely half-life of physical comfort and spiritual death on this murderous island.