“Who taught us to bow our headswhile waiting for trains? to touchlumber without regret and sing privatelyor not at all? To invest the seasonwith forgiveness and coax from ita hopeful omen? Lord knowsthe hope would heal this little fear.But who taught us to fear?”
“If Christ taught us anything it is this -- not to let our fear of death keep us from doing the good thing.”
“..we were always taught, instead of waiting to be swept off our feet, to 'expect little, forgive much'.”
“I write for those women who do not speak, for those who do not have a voice because they were so terrified, because we are taught to respect fear more than ourselves. We've been taught that silence would save us, but it won't.”
“We ask for forgiveness. And we forgive others who ask us. In that way we can experience healing, healing in our souls.”
“Read in the name of your Lord Who created. He created man from a clot.Read and your Lord is Most Honorable, Who taught (to write) with the pen. Taught man what he knew not.”