"It was strange to see this gaunt, tall, blonde American woman walk through the jungle, often shoeless because it was easier that way, but with a wary eye for poisonous snakes. With her, also barefoot, went her daughter. Valerie, a tiny ethereal creature who seemed to walk not on the earth but slightly above it." [p. 13]
The word "missionary" may call to mind preaching, teaching, church-building (and even this often means merely a physical plant, rather than a spiritual building}, medical work, baptizing, catechizing, social improvement - almost any form of philanthropy.... [[p.16]
The word "missionary" does not occur in the Bible. But the word "witness' does." [p. 16]
I had noticed throughout the Bible that, when God asked a man to do something, methods, means, materials, and specific directions were always provided. The man had one thing to do: obey'. [p.19]
George MacDonald said, "All that is not God is death." [p. 76]
Death is the one thing none of us is willing to face, and the one thing we shall be forced to face. Edna St. Vincent Millay wrote:
This I do, being mad:
Gather baubles about me,
Sit in a circle of toys, and all this time
Death beating the door in.
White jade and an orange pitcher,
Hindu idol, Chinese god, —
Maybe next year, when I’m richer—
Carved beads and a lotus pod. . . .
And all this time
Death beating the door in.
[p. 82]
"It is by loving, and not by being loved, that we come closest to another person." [p. 102]
We are horrified at lies told to children. Yet we not only condone but are amused at anything - no matter what it may have cost someone else-which is called 'only kidding'. We have confused inhibition with virtue, refinement with purity, propriety with purity. [p. 129]
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