We all want Canaan without going through the wilderness.

The boy who is going to make a great man must not make up his mind merely to overcome a thousand obstacles, but to win in spite of a thousand repulses and defeats.

I'm a man who has failed in many areas, but the one thing I don't want to do is quit.

As a heterosexual ballet dancer, you develop a thick skin.

Wounds. Broken places. Possibility. Change. Steps toward holiness. Imperfect progress. The hurt in those who hurt me---their underbellies. Grace. Love. Me looking alot more like Jesus than I did before. And to discover through all this seeing---being unglued isn't all that bad.

It is possible to suffer and despair an entire lifetime and still not give up the art of laughter.

you've got to learn to walk through a pigpen and not get dirty.

We human beings grow through our failures, not our virtues.

We are going to your father, Mrs. Which said. But where is he? Meg went over to Mrs. Which and stamped as though she were as young as Charles Wallace. Mrs. Whatsit answered in a voice that was low but quite firm. On a planet that has given in. So you must prepare to be very strong.

Joy is what has made the pain bearable and, in the end, creative rather than destructive.

The answer has something to do with love. Love that has to go through darkness and pain and endurance and a stark acceptance before it can come out into the far light of the sun.

Why is it, she wondered, that things that hurt people make them deeper and more understanding?