"He was sure that it made no difference to her on which day he appeared:
for her, every day was the same, and when each day is the same as the next,
it’s because people fail to recognize the good things that happen in their lives every day that the sun rises."
"When someone sees the same people every day, as had happened with him at the seminary, they wind up becoming a part of that person’s life. And then they want the person to change. If someone isn’t what others want them to be, the others become angry.
Everyone seems to have a clear
idea of how other people should lead their lives, but none about his or her own."