“Doubts can lead to deeper faith by forcing us to look more closely at what we believe. And why.”

“Our prayers should be for blessings in general, for God knows best what is good for us.'" Moira smiled as she quoted the ancient sage, then shrugged. "It made sense to me. After that, I started laying my problems and needs before God and asking for grace and guidance and whatever other virtues he thought I needed.”

“A coincidence is a small miracle in which God chooses to remain anonymous.”

“By looking into the mirror of others, we come to see the reflection of ourselves”

“And when we die,Will we be that disappointed or sad?If Heaven doesn't exist,What will we have missed?This life is the best we've ever had.”

“Memories of the past would return to us more often if only we sought them out, sought their intense sweetness. But we let them slumber within us, and worse, we let them die, rot, so much so that the generous impulses that sweep through our souls when we are twenty we later call naive, foolish…Our purest, most passionate loves take on the depraved appearance of sordid pleasure.”

“Jane austen says: a heroine has pride despite her imperfections.”