“We have stopped natural selection from purifying the species because deep in our heart of hearts, we are all terrified that we won't make the cut.”

“Some of us have a hard time believing that we are actually able to face our own pain. We have convinced ourselves that our pain is too deep, too frightening, something to avoid at all costs. Yet if we finally allow ourselves to feel the depth of that sadness and gently let it break our hearts, we may come to feel a great freedom, a genuine sense of release and peace, because we have finally stopped running away from ourselves and from the pain that lives within us.”

“We all have romantic nature of one kind or another buried somewhere in our hearts.”

“The more we come out and do good to others, the more our hearts will be purified, and God will be in them.”

“The real power of books is their deep companionability. We learn from them as we learn from the deep companionability of love to know our own hearts and minds better.”

“We can understand the science of what makes a heart beat, but we can never stop it from breaking.”