A person comes into the world with a fist-and a grasp. Yes, we are built to fight one another, but also to embrace. How cleverly we are created.

- Rachel Simon

Silence made space for other people's words, which was important for those who needed to be listened to.

- Rachel Simon

There were two kinds of students who liked the library: those who devoured one book after another and those who savored the same book repeatedly. Now…

- Rachel Simon

In our days of prosperity it is more difficult to sustain a religious spirit than in times of adversity, because we are apt to forget that God who ha…

- Rachel Simon

There are two kinds of hope: the kind you couldn't do anything about and the kind you could. And even if the kind you could do something about wasn't…

- Rachel Simon

A rainy day can actually be a very important day. And a small hope isn't really small if it makes a lost hope less sad.

- Rachel Simon

When I speak of religion I mean a constant inward sense of communion with God.

- Rachel Simon

Happiness, I have grasped, is a destination, like strawberry Fields. Once you find the way in, there you are, and you'll never feel low again.

- Rachel Simon