He knew at the same time that this stricture of acceptance (by which what we must love is made into what we can love) would eventually be a part of himself

The unendurable is the beginning of the curve of joy.

To love without criticism is to be betrayed.

there's something wrong with any art that makes a woman all bust

I have been loved, " she said, "by something strange, and it has forgotten me.

To think is to be sick...

I was doing well enough until you came along and kicked my stone over, and out I came, all moss and eyes.

Being alive is sign of strength!

Our home tells a story about us, so we may as well take the opportunity to make it a stylish one.

Angels and demons are shaped by humans. Even god is shaped by humanity. Who you are has been codified by the humans around you… family, friends, and even enemies.

The sunshine of the mind.

Borrowed illusions are better than none.

We may rightly shrink from saying that any given individual is certainly so unfaithful to light and grace as to incur the eternal loss of God, we do know that many are so. God knows who they are.

It's a necessary quality of a diplomat or a politician that he will compromise. Uncompromising politicians or diplomats get you into the most terrible trouble.

I lost part of myself to him then, and a soaring sense of freedom revealed that this must have been my purpose from the first: to become a part of Phineas.

Go take the mother's soul, and learn three truths: Learn What dwells in man, What is not given to man , and What men live by . When thou hast learnt these things, thou shalt return to heaven.