“Young men do not respect girls they can take advantage of - and they do not as easily take advantage of girls they respect.”

“I can think of no more dangerous a position than to learn to tolerate evil in order to become accustomed to reality.”

“When you chose to follow the way of purity, did you expect it to be easy? When you decided to wait for the best, did you think that waiting would be fun? Did you think that your faith would not be ...”

“The dripping blood our only drink,The bloody flesh our only food:In spite of which we like to thinkThat we are sound, substantial flesh and blood--Again, in spite of that, we call this Friday good.”

“...the secret to joy is to keep seeking God where we doubt He is.”

“Joy is thankfulness, and when we are joyful, that is the best expression of thanks we can offer the Lord, Who delivers us from sorrow and sin.”

“If there must be madness, something may be said for having it on a heroic scale”

“Keep out of this," Lucian said. "I'm not smiting anybody.""You're showing mercy." Catch-a-Tick nodded. "That's heroic, too. But not as good as smiting.”

“What a great thing, to be loved! What a greater thing still, to love! The heart becomes heroic though passionif no one loved, the sun would go out.”