“Our lives change at His bidding.”

“You could foster happiness and add to our joy - or sow hurt and discord. It's a choice you make each day, each hour, and with each thought.”

“Inside marriage, those feelings are pure. God wouldn't order us to be fruitful and multiply if He didn't want us to share intimacy. It fosters a special closeness.”

“Willfulness, such as yours, is exactly what a girl needs to raise herself up to do something useful with her life.”

“She was lost to me, a sister who did not love her sister anymore. Such a stupid thing, striking that match.”

“It is about being born downtrodden and staying that way. Hard work makes no difference, he is saying. My lot, the lots of those around me, were cast the moment we were born into the gutter to parents who never managed to step outside the gutter themselves.”

“Monsieur”