Charlotte Rogan said this quote

I had been allowed to believe in man's innate goodness for the twenty-two years of my life, and I had hoped to carry the belief with me to my grave.

~ Charlotte Rogan

...Mr. Hardie had little patience with that sort of conversation.Ye're born, ye suffer, and ye die. What made ye think ye deserved different? he wondered aloud when the deacon's gentle answers failed to quiet them.

~ Charlotte Rogan

I have lost patience with the idea of an insignificant human being standing up above the rest of us--whether he is called Reverend or Doctor or Judge--and shouting at us all about this thing or that. As soon as someone starts to pontificate in this way, I am apt to cut him off or leave the room, or, if this can't be done gracefully, I simply arrange that sweet vapid smile on my face that was so useful during the trial but that so infuriates Dr. Cole. After all, I have already taken the measure of my own insignificance, and I survived.

~ Charlotte Rogan

I wondered if all a person could hope for was illusion and luck, for I was forced to conclude that the world was fundamentally and appallingly dangerous. It is a lesson I will never forget.

~ Charlotte Rogan