46 quotes
American writer
“The horror was this: the others.”
"And books, they offer one hope -- that a whole universe might open up from between the covers, and falling into that universe, one is saved."
on Wisdom
"Ah, what broken creatures we are, and how we endure."
on Resilience
"Evil is always possible. And goodness is eternally difficult."
on Philosophy
"I watched him rise from the coffin, with slow, elegant gestures; our gestures, for we are the only beings who routinely rise from coffins."
on Death
"Should we put out the light? And then put out the light. But once put out thy light, I cannot give it vital breath again. It needs must wither."
"Why does shame and self-loathing become cruelty to the innocent ?"
on Psychology
"People who cease to believe in God or goodness altogether still believe in the devil... Evil is always possible. And goodness is eternally difficult."
on Faith
"What if the drive to survive was a form of faith, a form of prayer?"
"Without memory there can be no insight. Without love, there can be no appreciation."
on Love
"Be kind. Always if you have a choice, be kind."
on Kindness
"To be human, that's what most of us long for. It is the human which has become myth to us."
on Human Rights
"Heaven would be Hell in no time if every cruel, selfish, vicious soul went to Heaven."
"What is fear after all? It is indecision. You seek some way to resist, escape. There is none."
on Fear
"One moment the world is as it is. The next, it is something entirely different. Something it has never been before."
"For what can the damned really have to say to the damned?"
on Communication
"The greatest create of power you have on earth, whether you are an angel, a spirit, a man or woman or child is to help others."
on Compassion
"The world changes, we do not, therein lies the irony that kills us."
on Life
"I don't think you can hold in your mind the full conception of what the world is."
on Knowledge
"We're frightened of what makes us different."
"The human heart is my school."
on Learning
