“Those that hate goodness are sometimes nearer than those that know nothing at all about it and think they have it.”
“Sometimes the monsters are not monsters, she says. I know. I nod. And sometimes the monsters are within us all, even in those we think are most good.”
“There's pain behind us all...but more so with those who hate and abuse. Think about it!”
“I think it is about life. I think there is always more life than death. Those who lived are always alive for someone. Those who are alive remember life, not death. And when you are dead nothing happens. Death is nothing.”
“Sometimes I couldn't help thinking that the unluckiest thing about being the thirteenth child was having all those older brothers and sisters telling me what to do.”
“Those are nearer to reality who can deal with it light-heartedly, because they know it to be inexhaustible.”