"Wisdom begins when you discover the difference between "That doesn't make sense" and "I don't understand. - Mary Doria Russell

Add water, and the soil is so fertile that you could plant a pencil and harvest a book.

"there are still times when the thief I started out to be feels more authentic to me than the priest I’ve been for decades. To be pulled out of a slum and educated is to be an outsider forever — " He stopped talking, deeply embarrassed. Giuliani could never understand the price scholarship boys paid for their education: the inevitable alienation from your uncomprehending family, from roots, from your own first person, from the original "I" you once were.

There's a saying in Hebrew, 'No matter how dark the tapestry God weaves for us, there's always a thread of grace.