Lament invoked love.Woe invoked wonder.Grief invoked grace.Cry invoked celebration.(Page 80)

Twilight ...Say, who you are !!The dusk before the nightOr the dawn before the light(Page 73)

We are generally not programmed to imagine death, to handle death, to absorb grief, at least not in the immediacy of things, definitely not when the ‘thing’ has happened to another person.

Twilight …Not just a metaphorThe metaphor of the ‘spirit’The confluence of life and deathThe celestial dance of existential and essential(Page 75)

Bereavement, despair, ache, yearning happen to all. We all bear the pain of grief. We all take them in our own ways. And we are all blessed with the grace to transcend. (Page xii)

The Source …Who are YouWhere lay your pathWhy be on your journey...The Source …Your marvel amazesYour mystique invokesYour magnificence entrances(Page 88)

ParentNothing … No One Prepares a parent to raise the childNothing … No One Can ever prepare a parent to bear the loss of child

I came to understand the most intriguing irony of life, that the most intimate partner of life is death. (Page 94)

Death It does not happen to the dead aloneThose left behind, die tooIn parts that would never heal and come back to life(Page 14)

You should never hate anyone, even your worst enemies. Everyone has something good about them. You have to find the redeeming quality and love the person for that.

Sometimes I’m asked to list the most important steps in preparing for an evangelistic mission, and my reply is always the same: prayer . . . prayer . . . prayer.

I feel obligated to tell you that adventures are, on a whole, stunningly bad ideas, best avoided at all costs.

Dare to love greatly.

Replace Fear of Radiation with Curiosity

Life is a game, you either win or loose but there is no draw

I'm in love with beauty and things and people and love and being in love, and those things, I think, on the inside, show on the outside.

I'm all for prosperity. It's change I object to.

I'm scared," he says."I know," says the nurse."I want you all to go to Hell.""That's natural.

All we really have here on this earth is those who love us.