“She had discovered that her love of knowing was not unnatural or sinful but the direct consequence of a God-given ability to reason.”

“There was always a way, when one knew what one wanted.”

“But she had known, better than anyone else, what demons he had faced, had known how hard he had fought to free himself from them. That he had lost the fight in the end made the struggle no less honorable.”

“Is it not lack of faith that leads men to fear the scrutiny of reason? If the destination is doubtful, than the path must be fraught with fear. A robust faith need not fear, for if God exists, then reason cannot help but lead us to Him. Cogito, ergo Deus est,'says St. Augustine, I think, therefore God is.”

“It was a child's awareness, never spoken or even fully acknowledged, but deeply felt.”

“Why, she wondered, do we always reserve our worst hatred for our own?”

“This was the price for the the strange life she had chosen, but she had gone into it with eyes open, and there was no profit in regret.”

“She had discovered that her love of knowing was not unnatural or sinful but the direct consequence of a God-given ability to reason.”

“She did not care about anything very much. Hope was gone. She existed that was all.”

“Who was to know what went on in a person's heart? A wise woman kept her own counsel.”