“Id venture to guess that a list of things you know nothing about could fill volumes.”

“It pains me to admit this, but Roger was a good sight less stupid than most children.”

“Jocelyns stomach lodged another complaint with the management regarding the length of time since breakfast.”

“if you will quit squirming about and be patient you will see that most things in life, wishes included, do not have immediate results.”

“Jocelyn did not want to always remain the same. Where was the adventure in that?”

“For the first time in her life, Jocelyn felt the hot shame of being underdressed for a party.”

“I think the highest forgiveness is to accept that creation is thoroughly tangled, with every possible quality given outlet for expression. People need to accept once and for all that there is only ...”

“You couldn't relive your life, skipping the awful parts, without losing what made it worthwhile. You had to accept it as a whole--like the world, or the person you loved.”

“Letting go doesn't mean that you don't care about someone anymore. It's just realizing that the only person you really have control over is yourself.”

“Nature has always been and always will be, as far as my tiny brain can understand, miraculous. Except, nature won't last because the world won't.”

“Do not pray for easy lives.Pray to be stronger men.Do not pray for tasks equal to your powers.Pray for powers equal to your tasks.Then the doing of your work shall be no miracle, but you shall be t...”

“A miracle is often the willingness to see the common in an uncommon way.”