“He wondered why it was easier to believe in a malevolent spirit than in a benign one. Sometimes it seemed that the human heart, this side of Eden, feared eternal life more than death, light more than darkness, freedom more than surrender.”

“Sometimes it seemed that the human heart, this side of Eden, feared life more than death, light more than darkness, freedom more than surrender.”

“life is more than intelect”

“I love you more than life.”

“Life had not taught me to distrust ministers, but it had taught me to trust no one more than dogs.”

“I'm no more a wonder than anyone. And that's what makes the world magical. Every baby's a seed of wonder - that gets watered or it doesn't.”

“It was one of those rare times when remembering the dead was more inmportant than tending to the needs of the living.”