“when something is right, it will feel easier and much more effortless”

“It's much easier, she realized, to be on the verge of something than to actually be it.”

“It's nice to see something more pathetic than I feel right now.”

“I still feel that we should act with restraint. It’s much easier not to do than to undo.”

“Its easier to feel a little more spiritual with a couple of bucks in your pocket.”

“I wondered again why the right thing always seemed to be met with so much resistance, when you'd think it would be the easier path. You had to fight to be virtuous…”

“At that moment, something shifted sweetly inside him. It was forgiveness, beautiful and effortless and complete. For Louie Zamperini, the war was over.”

“The deadly weapon seemed unnaturally light and easy in his hand. Something that lethal should have more heft, like a broadsword. Wrong, for murder to be so potentially effortless — one ought to at least have to grunt for it.”

“When crime busting is easier than your personal life, something has gone seriously wrong.”

“It's odd how different a house feels when one is alone in it. It makes it easier to think rather private thoughts…”