“Culture uses art to dream the deaths of beautiful women.”

“Women still dream and hope, pin their emotions on some man who doesn't reciprocate, and end up in confusion.”

“If we hold tightly to anything given to us unwilling to allow it to be used as the Giver means it to be used we stunt the growth of the soul. What God gives us is not necessarily "ours" but only ours to offer back to him, ours to relinguish, ours to lose, ours to let go of, if we want to be our true selves. Many deaths must go into reaching our maturity in Christ, many letting goes.”

“The cautious steps of women when something has happened came downstairs, sending vibrations up the spine of the house. The women came down with a kind of congested rush, like lava flowing as fast as it can.”

“...Death is often as cruel in his asceticism as he is in his greed.”

“The most beautiful discovery true friends make is that they can grow separately without growing apart.”

“His enthusiasm and willingness to use what he learned made him get ahead in Spanish.”