“Thank you, Carol Lynn Pearson, for reminding us that the task of any religion is to teach us whom we're required to love, not whom we're entitled to hate. - Rabbi Harold Kushner”

“From all of us Scarborough girls, greetings and thanks. This task required two, working together, trusting each other. It required the "us," not the "I." For that is true love, is it not?”

“Hate is often an obverse form of love.You hate someone whom you really wish to love but whom you cannot love.”

“When you have a child, you start to dream of how this kid will grow up and make you proud. The only thing you can predict with 100% certainty is that the reality will diverge somehow from that dream. Some of our children will disappoint us by not being the scholars we hoped they would be. Some children will disappoint us by not being the athletes we hoped they would be. Some will disappoint us by coming out and telling us they are gay and they won't give us grandchildren...the real question is not, what book can I read, what technique can I use to raise a perfect child? The real question is how will you handle that gap between the child you dreamt of having and the real child growing up in your home...What I have learned is that any religion, if you do it wrong, will leave people feeling condemned and dismissed and unworthy and any religion, if you do it right, will leave people feeling cleansed and firmed. (118) Rabbi Harold Kushner”

“The door opened."We're here," said Mrs. Rogers.Aunt Myra came in."Now!" said Amelia Bedelia."Greetings, greetings, greetings,"said the three children."What's that about?" said Mrs. Rogers."You said to greet Aunt Myra with Carols," said Amelia Bedelia."Here's Carol Lee, Carol Green, and Carol Lake.""What lovely Carols," said Aunt Myra."Thank you.”

“We're in love. You can't hurt us.”