“Death is to be feared because of the pain and loss it inflicts through love, and for no other reason.”
“By the age of four one has experienced nearly everything one needs to be a writer of fiction; love, pain, loss, boredom, rage, guilt and fear of death.”
“But hurting ourselves to inflict pain on others is just another cry to be loved.”
“They are committing the greatest indignity human beings can inflict on one another: telling people who have suffered excruciating pain and loss that their pain and loss were illusions. (v)”
“For it is not death or pain that is to be feared, but the fear of pain or death.”
“If you cannot forgive because of hurt inflicted by others, you will be unwilling to be vulnerable for fear of being hurt again. Because people are sinners, you cannot love and you cannot minister without getting hurt.”