"Oh Father! Betsie! If I had known, would I have gone ahead? Could I have done the things I did?" p. 12

""Some knowledge is too heavy for children. When you are older and stronger, you can bear it. For now you must trust me to carry it for you.""

""And our wise Father in heaven knows when we're going to need things, too. Don't run out ahead of Him, Corrie. When the time comes that some of us will have to die, you will look into your hearth and fin the strength you need—just in time." p. 33

""Happiness isn't' something that depends on our surroundings, Corrie. It's something we make inside ourselves."" p. 37

""Whenever we cannot love in the old, human way, Corrie, God can give us the perfect way."" p. 48

"This was evil's hour: we could not run away from it. Perhaps only when human...