“She's choosing to transcend that. And that's a very powerful thing to do.”

“The statement "I have no choice" is a lie. Be honest with yourself as to why you are choosing to do a particular thing. Then, do it gladly, knowing that you are always getting to do what you want. You can choose. Isn't that power?”

“But even if we don't have the power to choose where we come from we can still choose where we go from there. We can still do things.”

“Do not choose for your wife any woman you would not choose for a friend if she were a man.”

“She encouraged herself to see her very small presence in the world as a good thing, a power, something that a hero might possess.”

“Having power is not nearly as important as what you choose to do with it.”

“Darling" she said with a small laugh "Love doesn’t have anything to do with this."

"It has very thing to do with it!" I exclaimed.”

“I think she must have been very strictly brought up, she's so desperately anxious to do the wrong thing correctly.”

“At that moment, she cannot think of a more reckless, irrational thing than choosing to become a parent.”

“He is always doing something--the very best thing, the thing we ourselves would certainly choose if we knew the end from the beginning. He is at work to bring us to our full glory.”