“Sometimes, we do things that are bad for us in an effort to cope with problems.”
“We can't be as good as we'd want to, so the question then becomes, how do we cope with our own badness?”
“We are all mistaken sometimes; sometimes we do wrong things, things that have bad consequences. But it does not mean we are evil, or that we cannot be trusted ever afterward.”
“Problems are not the problem: coping is the problem.”
“None of us knows how we will cope with snakes until the moment arises, and then most of us find out that we do not do it very well.”
“In a life, in any life, bad things happen. Many good things happen, of course, we know what they are-joy, tenderness, success beauty-but some bad things happen as well. Sometimes, very bad things happen. Children sicken and die. People we love don't love us, can never love us.”