“In some cases, however, a person will try to avoid taking responsibility by trying to avoid making conscious choices altogether. Perhaps she cites uncontrollable passion on her part... the presence of peer pressure… or she pretends not to notice the man's actions. Whatever the case, she acts as though she is not making any choices and hence has no responsibility for the consequences.”

“Choice of attention--to pay attention to this and ignore that--is to the inner life what choice of action is to the outer. In both cases, a man is responsible for his choice and must accept the consequences, whatever they may be.”

“If she doesn't speak, she is making a choice. If she doesn't try, she can lose her chance forever.-An-mei”

“She always carried a book, though, in case she needed to read a few pages to avoid unwanted conversation.”

“For her, choices were simple; either there was an action she could take to improve the situation, in which case she took it, or there was not, and everything else said on the subject was so much meaningless noise.”

“Resentment is often a woman's inner signal that she has been ignoring an important God-given responsibility - that of making choices.”