“Every time I thought I was being rejected from something good, I was actually being re-directed to something better.”

“Something about being rejected at Church Camp felt so much more awful than being rejected at school. ”

“In the beginning, I want to say something about human greatness. Some time ago, I was reading texts of Kungtse. When I read these texts, I understood something about human greatness. What I understood from his writings was: What is greatest in human beings is what makes them equal to everybody else. Everything else that deviates higher or lower from what is common to all human beings makes us less. If we know this, we can develop a deep respect for every human being.”

“To be claimed as a good, though in an improper style, is at least better than being rejected as no good at all.”

“I wonder if it hurts, being carved out like this, one grain of sand at a time. I wonder if the rocks realize that for every part of themselves they lose, they gain something beautiful”

“Actually, being married to me probably would be something of a joke . . . but yeah, I mean it. What do you think?”