I did not want to appear before the world as pathetic, deprssed, and psychologically ill. So I erected a barrier of words and wit around myself, so that nobody could see how needy I really was.

I believe that words are strong, that they can overwhelm what we fear when fear seems more awful than life is good.

A theology should be like poetry, which takes us to the end of what words and thoughts can do.

This incident, which follows similar incidents, adds to a sense of insecurity and fear in the country,

In the past some of the most influential Jewish, Christian and Muslim theologians, such as Maimonides, Aquinas and Ibn Sina, made it clear that it was very difficult to speak about God, because when we confront the ultimate, we are at the end of what words or thoughts can do.

For a split second you are overjoyed. And then fear sets in until they said the words, 'She's OK.