“Our hearts of stone become hearts of flesh when we learn where the outcast weeps.”

“Prayer and love are learned in the hour when prayer becomes impossible and the heart has turned to stone.”

“Sometimes we make our alliances not by the shape and color of our flesh but by the convictions of our heart.”

“It is when our hearts are stirred that we become most aware of what they contain.”

“If we didn't have strong feelings, how could we love or fight? When our flesh is cut, we bleed. When our heart is broken, we cry. There's nothing wrong with that. It only becomes a problem when it gets in the way of what you have to do. You can't crumble when others are counting on you.”

“At the moment, if you asked me, I would say that this book is about keeping the heart of flesh in a world that wants to put in a heart of stone; and about how, regardless of the accusations regularly flung at them from all quarters, learning and literature can help their adherents accomplish that.”