“In the end, the sum of my vices is all me.”
“We are, in the end, a sum of our parts, and when the body fails, all the virtues we hold dear go with it.”
“Emotions are the end result, the sum, of things learned”
“I was more than this meek, defenseless victim. I had something within me that was stronger than the sum of all my unacceptable parts.”
“The basic dynamics of conversion are summed up for me in the words LEAVE-ARRIVE, END-BEGIN, SHED-EMERGE. These are the tensions of conversion and spiritual awakening.”
“Hypocrisy is a fashionable vice, and all fashionable vices pass for virtue.”