If Pride Is A Sin ... Moral

A Personal Injustice Is Stronger Motivation Than Any Instinct For Philanthropy.

I Don't Want You To Describe To Me—not Ever—what You Were Doing To That Poor Boy To Make Him Sound Like That; But If You Ever Do It Again, Please Cover His Mouth With Your Hand.

It Is Exhausting To Be Seventeen And Not Know Who You Are.

How We Love To Love Things For Other People; How We Love To Have Other People Love Things Through Our Eyes.

She Felt Detached From Her Family, And Thought It Strange How They Had Lavished So Much Attention On Her, As A Child, And Then At Some Appointed, Prearranged Time They Seemed To Stop The Flow Of Affection And Being The Expectations - As If, For A Brief Phrase, You Were Expected To Absorb Love (and Get Enough), And Then, For A Much Longer And More Serious Phase, You Were Expected To Fulfill Certain Obligations.