“Mary girl, life is as simple as we let it be.”

“Life would be so simple if we could re-write the bad parts but since we can't, let's make the good parts worth writing about :)”

“Life is not complex. We are complex. Life is simple, and the simple thing is the right thing.”

“We must look to Mary's example to know how to deal with the glorious impossibilities of God. Look how she turned the world upside down by making one simple statement ...”

“Mary-born Lord, humble us so that we also might say, "Let it be with me according to your word.”

“We muddle along, we let life happen to us, we gradually build up a store of memories. There is the question of accumulation, but not in the sense that Adrian meant, just the simple adding up and adding on of life. And as the poet pointed out, there is a difference between addition and increase.”