“I have faith in us as a family, and our friends. I think we will survive because we dont wish to harm anyone. If you ever need something to believe in, believe that to stand and fight for the peopl...”

“I was sick of the body count that existed around my family. It seemed statistically that eventually the body count would include my family.”

“Her name is Emmilina. She is quite eccentric and was Thomass best friend.”

“I screeched with frustration, which in hindsight is never okay when there are people trying to kill you.”

“Every part of life changes with every breath we take. If you dont like where your story is headin, you fight your fate with everything you have.”

“After everything, you still want to believe that love prevails, that in the end there will be justice. That is an illusion, and I pity you.”

“Love is patient, love is kind. It does not envy, it does not boast, it is not proud. It is not rude, it is not self-seeking, it is not easily angered, it keeps no record of wrongs. Love does not de...”

“My interpretation can only be as inerrant as I am, and that's good to keep in mind.”

“When you translate the Bible with excessive literalism, you demythologize it. The possibility of a convincing reference to the individual's own spiritual experience is lost. (111)”

“Despite its successes, in the end, philosophical thinking always falls short of its real goal. It involves both the wonder of aspiring toward the Truth and the distress of falling short of that Tru...”

“The greatest souls have survived deep distress and mental-ill health.”

“Loss of hope is root of distress.”

“I've been thinking of something your father said - that the true measure of love is what one is willing to give up for it. He was talking about freedom - fighting for liberty. But I believe 'tis th...”

“Those of us who are most genuinely repelled by war and violence are also those who are most likely to decide that some things, after all, are worth fighting for.”

“Was it permitted to believe that there was nowhere upon the earth, or above the earth, a heaven for hogs, where they were requited for all this suffering? Each one of these hogs was a separate crea...”