“The most significant conversations of our lives occur in silence.”
“We define our identity always in dialogue with, sometimes in struggle against, the things our significant others want to see in us. Even after we outgrow some of these others—our parents, for instance—and they disappear from our lives, the conversation with them continues within us as long as we live.”
“In our land of opportunities and distractions, it's hard to devote our attention to the quiet pleasures of reading. It's as if we live our lives in a noisy restaurant and can't have the intimate conversation we most yearn for.”
“Our most significant opportunities will be found in times of greatest difficulty.”
“Nothing significant in the kingdom of God happens unless death occurs.”
“Sometimes even in most unfortunate of lives there will occur a moment or two of good.”