“A soul that is kind and intends justice discovers more than any sophist”

“The soul exists partly in eternity and partly in time.”

“I’ve come to believe that all my past failure and frustration were actually laying the foundation for the understandings that have created the new level of living I now enjoy. ”

“If it can be verified, we don’t need faith… Faith is for that which lies on the other side of reason. Faith is what makes life bearable, with all its tragedies and ambiguities and sudden, startling joys.”

“Oh, sometimes I like to put the sand of doubt into the oyster of my faith.” (Br. Cadfael)”

“If the concept of God has any validity or any use, it can only be to make us larger, freer, and more loving. If God cannot do this, then it is time we got rid of Him.”

“I act as the tongue of you,… tied in your mouth . . . . in mine it begins to be loosened.”

“Truths are as much a matter of questions as answers.”

“The unqualified truth is, that when I loved Estella with the love of a man, I loved her simply because I found her irresistible. Once for all; I knew to my sorrow, often and often, if not always, that I loved her against reason, against promise, against peace, against hope, against happiness, against all discouragement that could be. Once for all; I love her none the less because I knew it, and it had no more influence in restraining me, than if I had devoutly believed her to be human perfection.”

“When you can’t get what you want, get what you need”

“What’s with what you’re wearing?” Griggs asks while we stand outside waiting for the others.”It’s pretty hideous, isn’t it?” I say.”Don’t force me to look at it,” he says. “It’s see-through.”That kills conversation for a couple of seconds.”

“You should give it to Max, Liesel. See if you can leave it on the bedside table, like all the other things.” Liesel watched him as if he’d gone insane. “How, though?” Lightly, he tapped her skull with his knuckles. “Memorize it. Then write it down for him.”

“Character is more important than fame. Fame is just floating clouds that can rain at any time.”

“و بى أملٌيأتى ويذهب ، لكن لن أُوَدعه”