“Sometimes,when we lose ourselves in fear and despair, in routine and constancy, in hopelessness and tragedy, we can thank God for Bavarian sugar cookies. And fortunately, when there aren't any cookies we can still find reassurance in a familiar hand on our skin, or a kind and loving gest-ure, or a subtle encouragement, or a loving embrace, or an offer of comfort. ...
"And we must remember that all these things, the nuances, the anomalies, the subtleties... which we assume only accessorize our days, are, in fact, here for a much larger and nobler cause: They are here to save our lives."
