“The reasonableness of the command to obey parents is clear to children, even when quite young.”

“Insofar as thought could be governed at all, it could only be commanded to follow what reason affirmed anyhow; command it otherwise and it would not obey.”

“When I was quite young my parents never said books were off limits.”

“No obstacles are insurmountable when God commands and we obey.”

“No obstacles are insurmountable when God commands and we obey.”

“This is when I forgave my parents. This big secret that was not ready to reveal itself was the reason my parents had sent us here. This colossal secret was the reason my parents had been absent from their children, had never talked too much, but clearly had plenty to give. This is when I forgave my parents. On the remainder of our silent journey to the island, my soul was anything but mute. This is when I mourned the death of Murdoch and Elizabeth Benedict for the first time.”