“Certainty is missing the point entirely.”
“I have a lot of faith. But I am also afraid a lot, and have no real certainty about anything. I remembered something Father Tom had told me--that the opposite of faith is not doubt, but certainty. Certainty is missing the point entirely. Faith includes noticing the mess, the emptiness and discomfort, and letting it be there until some light returns.”
“History is that certainty produced at the point where the imperfections of memory meet the inadequacies of documentation.”
“It was one thing, after all, to know his feelings for Amanda hadn't changed; it was another thing entirely to face the future with the certainty that they never would.”
“A point, like a joke, is a terrible thing to miss.”
“You can miss a lot by sticking to the point.”