Religion isn't always pretty. Especially viewed from the outside, by an unbeliever. — Orson Scott Card

Sometimes those who care for the whole community must act in a way that harms the individual. For a good man it never becomes easy and he avoids it when he can; but when people need him to be harsh, he will be harsh indeed, and he won't shrink from it, he'll do it with his own hand and let it be known what he does.

He hated the way they thought. He hated the way they didn't think. It was hard to imagine which of them he hated more.

You're the only one that I would be glad to be close to forever, because all your secrets are bright and good and I love you for them.