“There are two types of women in the world, Beattie, those who do things and those who have things done to them.”

“She was grieving the loss of her youth, the closing down of possibilities as life became what it was rather than what it might have been.”

“...for those of us who never do these things at all, there can be a great sense of shame that washes over us for not being a good enough Christian.”

“We all saw it as a love story. Not just a love story, but those two people who do love each other - a slightly dysfunctional relationship sometimes, but a relationship that works.”

“There are three types of people in this world: those who make things happen, those who watch things happen, and those who wonder what happened.”

“But understand that the reason it is so difficult to extend forgiveness to those who have failed us is because we are unable to receive forgiveness for our own failures.”

“There are two types of people in the world. There are the people who understand instinctively that the story of The Flood and the story of The Tower of Babel are the same thing, and those who don't.”