“Words are gold, split and shared as coinage, small pebbles, emblems offered back and forth-given, received; given, received-expanding the vocabulary of the… — Michael D. O'Brien Language Copy Share Image
“You can't just sit there hating the wound, Tan, or indulging in bitterness. Whatever you become in life, always ask yourself, am… — Michael D. O'Brien Anger Copy Share Image
“The human mind is stimulated by change, motivated by meeting the challenge of novelty or threat or pleasure, rewarded with the sensations… — Michael D. O'Brien Change Copy Share Image
“We are resisting the technological corruption of our humanity with technology. We’re also resisting with our thinking, our perseverance, our friendships....In the… — Michael D. O'Brien Friendship Copy Share Image
“We must all make the mental leap from the pious histories we have read in the martyrologies to the reality of living… — Michael D. O'Brien Flesh and blood Copy Share Image
“Was there a missing component in all human beings? The rural masses seeking the metropolis; the urban young fleeing to the woods.… — Michael D. O'Brien Copy Share Image
“[About the main character approaching death in old age, observed by her husband . . .] He saw that she had already… — Michael D. O'Brien Approaching death Copy Share Image
“For those who suffer disposal, the cost is their very lives. For those of us who survive, there is a creeping indifference… — Michael D. O'Brien Identity Copy Share Image
“We came to know that love is the soul of the world, though its body bleeds, and we must learn to bleed… — Michael D. O'Brien Love Copy Share Image
“Each tool reshapes the one who is apparently the master of the tool. I ask myself this: At what point does the… — Michael D. O'Brien Copy Share Image
“Tell me, Anna, if man is capable of projecting his belief onto the cosmos, isn't it possible by the same token, that… — Michael D. O'Brien Belief Copy Share Image
“They’re convinced that the more conservative you are the more orthodox you are. They’re more Catholic than the Pope.” — Michael D. O'Brien Copy Share Image
“Man projects his wounds upon the world, my friend. He judges everything, and in the judging he reveals himself.” — Michael D. O'Brien Friendship Copy Share Image
“If you are a true logos and I am a true logos, then there is the possibility of the dia-logos—a true dialogue...What… — Michael D. O'Brien Communication Copy Share Image
“In this world are many people who do not master their bodies. Such people say that no one can tell them what… — Michael D. O'Brien Copy Share Image
“All grief would slip away and all questions would be remembered as the uncomprehending wails of a newborn who did not grasp… — Michael D. O'Brien Death Copy Share Image
“I’m a great fan of Chesterton, you know. He once said that he became a Catholic because we’re the only religion that… — Michael D. O'Brien Copy Share Image
“Sure I care about it, just not enough to play cards with my integrity as a poker chip.” — Michael D. O'Brien Copy Share Image
“Children need to see that they are part of a history and that the story of their family is a living thing.… — Michael D. O'Brien Children Copy Share Image
“Automobiles are unreliable and dangerous slaves. They frequently revolt and kill their masters. I hate them.” — Michael D. O'Brien Automobiles Copy Share Image
“Abstract academic discussions have a way of leaving their mark on entire civilizations, as the events of this century have proved all… — Michael D. O'Brien Culture Copy Share Image
“No true love is possible, Lewis demonstrates, until we abandon our claims, our rights, our grievances. Until then we will be trapped… — Michael D. O'Brien Control Copy Share Image
“We labor to preserve the life of the body, but ultimately life and death are out of our hands. If the patient… — Michael D. O'Brien Death Copy Share Image
“Emotions, he was certain, were unreliable and irrelevant to the labor of religious faith.” — Michael D. O'Brien Faith Copy Share Image
