“Beyond the shadow of a doubt, food was more important than a woman's suffering. ”

“I sat there and my love to him poured out more and more, and, lo, he flew down to a stump, and then to my knee. I knew beyond a shadow of doubt that the important thing is the love that goes out from oneself.”

“Human beings are perhaps never more frightening than when they are convinced beyond doubt that they are right.”

“I claim to be no more than the average person with less than average ability. I have not the shadow of a doubt that any man or woman can achieve what I have, if he or she would make the same effort and cultivate the same hope and faith.”

“I also knew, beyond the shadow of a doubt, that I could never walk away. I needed him. I love him. More than I ever imagined I could love another person. And, apart from that love, nothing else mattered.”

“Others may know pleasure, but pleasure is not happiness. It has no more importance than a shadow following a man.”