“Perhaps boredom was an irrelevant concept for a life as monotonous as hers.”

“A priest's life is spent between question and answer-- or between a question and the attempt to answer it. The question is the summary of the spiritual life.”

“The real malady is fear of life, not of death”

“Nothing records the effects of a sad life so graphically as the human body.”

“He seemed to be waiting for a miracle to save him from the depths his life had reached and take him to a land of dreams.”

“As for life's tragedies, our love will defeat them. Love is the most effective cure. In the crevices of disasters, happiness lies like a diamond in a mind, so let us instill in ourselves the wisdom of love.”

“Death is more merciful than hope itself! There is nothing surprising in this, for death is divinely appointed, while hope is the creation of human folly. Both end in frustration. Am I destined to lead a life of endless frustration?-(The Beginning and the End)”