“To understand possible means to understand impossible.”

“We should not write so that it is possible for the reader to understand us, but so that it is impossible for him to misunderstand us.”

“Anyone could say that a miracle is something impossible, but they say it thoughtlessly, mindlessly, because most people have such weak imaginations they couldn’t possibly understand what they’re saying when they say that a miracle is something impossible. Ask anyone what that means, what it means to see a miracle, and they will say that it’s something impossible, but they mean that a miracle is something formerly believed to be impossible that turns out not to be, not to be impossible, in other words, but possible after all. If this were really true, then miracles would be the most ordinary things in the world, the most uninspiring things in the world, and what can one expect from people who have never been anything but ordinary and uninspired.”

“If men will not understand the meaning of judgement, they will never come to understand the meaning of grace.”

“Thank you, Tempest, for loving me when understanding was too hard. Thank you for understanding when loving me is impossible.”

“You must forgive in order to understand. Until you forgive, you defend yourself against the possibility of understanding.”