I felt as if I were riding a pendulum. Just as I would swing into the abyss of hopelessness, the pendulum would swing back with some small goodness.

Sometimes there is such beauty in awkwardness.

You stand for what is right, Lina, without the expectation of gratitude or reward.

Good men are often more practical than pretty " said Mother. "Andrius just happens to be both.

...we're dealing with two devils who both want to rule hell.

They were happy to help someone, to succeed at something, even if they weren't to benefit.

Mother, why are you breaking your beautiful things?' I asked...'Because I love them so much.

But how can they just decide that we're animals? They don't even know us, " I said."We know us, " said Mother. "They're wrong. And don't ever allow them to convince you otherwise. Do you understand?

A guilty conscience is not worth extra food.

Well, I don't know, Lina. But let's just say I've met a lot of dead people.

He threw his burning cigarette onto our clean living room floor and ground it into the wood with his boot.We were about to become cigarettes.

Slumber party with Dracula, all things considerd why not?

Once you start questioning your beliefs, that's when it's all over. It is truly doubt that kills our conviction.

Hope is trust in God's promises, faith that if we act now, the desired blessings will be fulfilled in the future.

One possible reason that I don't believe in fate is that I wasn't fated to.

Love is all the small moments. It is what fills the quiet.

The prerequisite for more economic equality in the world is industrialization. And this is possible only through increased capital investment, increased capital accumulation.

Real liberation for men means that they can explore and integrate their feminine aspects of consciousness.

One has to understand that we have to become a higher personality which is the spirit, which is the truth, which is the enlightened attention, and which is the joy.

A lot of people say this honor validates my career, but I didn't work hard for validation.

Jesus cannot be just liked. His claims make us either kill him or crown him.