The good that may come out of the loss does not erase its badness or excuse the wrong done. Nothing can do that.

I see now that my faith was becoming an ally rather than an enemy because I could vent anger freely, even toward God, without fearing retribution.

It is how we respond to loss that matters. That response will largely determine the quality, the direction, and the impact of our lives.

My prayer as you read this book is that you will find comfort for the disappointment of unanswered prayer, but also courage to continue on the epic journey that prayer is.

prayer is the one discipline in the Christian faith that makes us feel entirely dependent on God and thus sets us up for profound disappointment when God doesn’t respond to our needs and requests.

The central theme of the book is that prayer is best understood as a long, sometimes perilous, epic journey that eventually leads to triumph.

the book is intended to show how it is possible to live in and be enlarged by loss, even as we continue to experience it.

I had no way of anticipating the adjustments I would have to make and the suffering I would have to endure in the months and years ahead.

Although unanswered prayer is indeed a theme of the book, it is not the heart of the book, for unanswered prayer describes a problem but offers no solutions.

Oracle of Delphi:In my deep mystery I breatheyour fragrance swirling inyour odourless soulI return your mysteryrevealing your destiny deep inthe seed of your God Self

Telling people they don't have a sin nature doesn't promote sin anymore than telling a slave they are free promotes slavery.

A bad workman quarrels with the man who calls him that.

I've never had prejudice against me because of being a woman in comedy, I've never felt any sort of unfairness because of that - but I do think it is naive to think that it doesn't exist.

It is when people are told their own thoughts that they think they are being insulted.

I'm more relaxed when I can hear the beat clearly all the time I'm singing.

A girl in the convertible is worth five in the phone book.

I think I always had a musicality, and I think I could tell a good song from a bad song. And I would appreciate hearing something that was new to me.

I've learned a lot just being able to see things clearer.

When they tell you that you have cancer, you panic.