“Forgiveness means it finally becomes unimportant that you hit back.”

“A nun I know once told me she kept begging God to take her character defects away from her. After years of this prayer, God finally got back to her: I'm not going to take anything away from you, you have to give it to Me.”

“Becoming a better writer is going to help you become a better reader, and that is the real payoff.”

“Not forgiving is like drinking rat poison and then waiting for the rat to die.”

“Forgiveness is giving up all hope of having had a better past.”

“Without using the word, everyone started forgiving each other again. Just like that, from the no of all nothingness: you have a big tense mess and out of it comes some joy. It must be magic.”

“Who was it who said that forgiveness is giving up all hope of having had a different past?”