"Love is our true destiny. We do not find the meaning of life by ourselves alone—
	we find it with another. We do not discover the secret of our lives merely by study 
	and calculation in our own isolated meditations. The meaning of our life is a secret 
	that has to be revealed to us in love, by the one we love. And if this love is unreal, 
	the secret will not be found, the meaning will never reveal itself, the message will 
	never be decoded. At best, we will receive a scrambled and partial message, one that 
	will deceive and confuse us. We will never be fully real until we let ourselves fall 
	in love—either with another human person or with God."

	"I no longer believe that you can fix the death penalty ... I learned 
	that the death penalty throws millions of dollars down the drain -- 
	money that I could be putting directly into crime fighting -- while 
	dragging victims' families through a long and torturous process that 
	only exacerbates their pain."

	"Hope has two beautiful daughters; their names are anger and courage. 
	Anger at the way things are, and courage to see that they do not remain 
	as they are."

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