“Only bad things happen quickly, . . . Virtually all the happiness-producing processes in our lives take time, usually a long time: learning new things, changing old behaviors, building satisfying relationships, raising children. This is why patience and determination are among life’s primary virtues. ”

“It is our determination to overcome fear and discouragement that constitutes the only effective antidote to the sense of powerlessness over unwanted feelings.”

“any relationship is under the control of the person who cares the least.”

“If the map doesn't agree with the ground the map is wrong”

“It is because people live in the things they possess instead of in their relationship to God that God seems at times to be cruel.”

“All is love...All is love. With love comes understanding. With understanding comes patience. And then time stops. And everything is now.”

“Some things you just have to take on faith and believe in at the risk of getting hurt. It's one of the things that the Fair Folk will never understand, and it's something that sets us apart from them. The fact that each and every time we believe in each other we take a risk. Because we know that it might NOT be the truth. But we also know that it MIGHT be.”