“Love is the grounding of our existence as humans and is the basic emotioning in our systemic identity as human beings.”

“As free human beings we can use our unique intelligence to try to understand ourselves and our world. But if we are prevented from using our creative potential, we are deprived of one of the basic characteristics of a human being.”

“One of the basic needs of every human being is the need to be loved, to have our wishes and feelings taken seriously, to be validated as people who matter.”

“Where the myth fails, human love begins. Then we love a human being, not our dream, but a human being with flaws.”

“But human beings are like that, she thought. We've replaced nearly all our emotions with fear.”

“The suffering that started off challenging our being and our ideas of what life is and should be ends up opening our heart, expanding our identity, and connecting us forever to the human family and life.”