“I'm a good enough person to forgive you, and you should be a good enough person to not do it again.”

“Thank you, dear God, for this good life and forgive us if we do not love it enough.”

“You want to be a good person, don't you, Pat?'I nod. I cry. I do want to be a good person, I really do.'I'm going to up your meds,' Dr. Patel tells me. 'You might feel a little sluggish, but it should help to curb your violent outbursts. You need to know it's your actions that will make you a good person, not desire.”

“Not one person in this world believes that they are truly good enough as they are: good enough to be admired, to be respected, to be loved. Only I am willing to admit this.”

“If you forgive people enough, you belong to them, and they to you, whether either person likes it or not - squatter's rights of the heart”

“You have to help another person. But it's not right to play God with masses of people. To be God you have to know what you're doing. And to do any good at all, just believing you're right and your motives are good isn't enough.”