Louise thinks: we cannot be known and loved at the same time.

You knew from the second he looked at you that you were the person who cared more, and whoever cares most, loses; you knew that.

The value of theology lies not merely in the breadth of skills it taught, but in the opportunity it presented to explore a given historical mindset in greater depth. To study theology well requires not faith, but empathy.

I was always the last to leave. That was my great skill.