It is hard to give up what you know for what you don’t know.

- Gloria Whelan

I thought I understood what was best. I knew too little and believed too soon.

- Gloria Whelan

But what doesn’t die is the love we give to others. There is no end to that.

- Gloria Whelan

Even our recreation was scheduled. There was no time to look for birds or wander into the nearby woods. We were put into teams and sent into violent …

- Gloria Whelan

I looked forward to making friends at school, but I had come late and friendships had already been formed. I couldn’t find my way into their world. T…

- Gloria Whelan

You're making yourself too important. Guilt comes from feeling we're at the center of the universe. We're not.

- Gloria Whelan

But will you not have a house to care for? Meals to cook? Children whining for this or that? Will you have time for the work?" "I'll make time," I pr…

- Gloria Whelan

I find having your own car is like a passport to the world.

- Gloria Whelan

They were all brilliant. They wrote books and painted pictures, and if they ever stopped talking, which I was sure they would never do, they planned …

- Gloria Whelan