It was always gloomy in Mal’s room, just as it was always gray and overcast on the island.
My father, [was] a mid-level phonecompany manager who treated my mother at best like an incompetent employee. At worst? He never beat her, but his pure, inarticulate fury would fill the house for days...
Angry is always hungry to cook guilty.
Learning is an ornament in prosperity, a refuge in adversity, and a provision in old age.
Forgiveness requires a sense that bad behaviour is a sign of suffering rather than malice.
I Am In Love With Myself, With My Heart.
God is not a cosmic bellboy for whom we can press a button to get things.
Not being happy really is my fear.
The really frightening thing about middle age is the knowledge that you'll grow out of it.
This earth is His, to Him belong those vast and boundless skies;Both seas within Him rest, and yet in that small pool He lies.
Isn't it strange how wise counsel can cool the hottest head? He made sense but my heart screamed protest.