I felt I was beating a rainbow to death

...for everything has a trace of the divine in it.

The lower you are, the higher your mind will want to soar. It was natural that, bereft and desperate as I was, in the throes of unremitting suffering. I should turn to God

Artists invent things as a way of telling the truth.

My greatest wish — other than salvation — was to have a book. A long book with a never-ending story. One I could read again and again, with new eyes and a fresh understanding each time.

You can get used to anything - haven't I already said that? Isn't that what all survivors say?

Christianity is a religion in a rush.