to weep for someone who is gone is desolation, but to weep for someone who has never really existed is to lose a part of oneself.

- Margaret Campbell Barnes

It is said that we only get to know God in those stark moments when we are driven to depend on him.

- Margaret Campbell Barnes

... real pity should stretch out to people whom we do not like -- to those whom we have injured or who despitefully use us.

- Margaret Campbell Barnes