“It's as if they have thinner boundaries separating them from other people's emotions and from the tragedies and cruelties of the world.”

“Subject and object are not as distinct as most people think. If the boundary separating the two isn't clear-cut to begin with, it is not such a difficult task to intentionally shift back and forth from one to the other.”

“The reality that someone you love has died is its own tragedy. But it's separate, isn't it, from the way it happened?”

“The church cannot separate itself from the world to which it is called. Churches that grasp the notion of being missional automatically function as an open boundaryless system. To them, the idea of breaking down external boundaries come naturally.”

“so often my own emotions were hidden not only from other people but from myself. or perhaps it was the other way round: i was hiding from them. ”

“They're all cruel,' he said. 'The world I come from, the world you come from, and this one, too. Maybe the people don't see the cruelty in your world right away, it's better hidden, but it's there all the same.”