“He chiseled open the fault lines in the others' personalities.”

“He was hard lines, chiseled flesh, bronzed skin. I was a marshmallow melting in a cup of cocoa.”

“He wondered how many new starts a person was entitled to, how many times one could say it was the other person's fault and truly believe it.”

“Many people are more like the earth than we know. Maybe they have fault lines that sooner or later are going to split open under pressure.”

“Do not be concerned with the faults of other persons. Do not see others' faults with a hateful mind. There is an old saying that if you stop seeing others' faults, then naturally seniors and venerated and juniors are revered. Do not imitate others' faults; just cultivate virtue. Buddha prohibited unwholesome actions, but did not tell us to hate those who practice unwholesome actions.”

“It must be a fault in me that I am not gravely shocked at the sins of others unless they personally affect me.”