Inner peace is found by facing life squarely, solving its problems, and delving as far beneath its surface as possible to discover its verities and realities.
Integrity expects integrity.
There is in the end no remedy but truth. It is the one course that cannot be evil.
Brother Cadfael knew better than to be in a hurry, where souls were concerned. There was plenty of elbow-room in eternity.
Truth, like the burgeoning of a bulb under the soil, however deeply sown, will make its way to the light.
Death, after all, is the common expectation from birth. Neither heroes nor cowards can escape it.
I go to Prague every year if I can, value my relationships there like gold, and feel myself in a sense Czech, with all their hopes and needs. They are a people I not only love, but admire.
I love that time when all you want to do is cocoon with your baby in your own little world, when you carry them around all the time in a little pouch or sling.
The ability to choose cannot be taken away or even given away-it can only be forgotten.
I don't believe for one moment you can write well what you wouldn't read for pleasure.
wait," I said. "so you're saying that you proposed to me because I'm a mess and I'm a person and because we need each other, while Rebecca was —— something else? I get it, I follow you, but I'm also thinking, is the bullshit getting a little deep in here?" "Yes, it is. You've caught me. And so fine, I will come clean, and I will tell you the absolutely true and naked reason why I want to marry you and only you, and not Rebecca. " "Why?" "Because when I'm with you, I'm the pretty one.