“He must have said something because Baba pokes his shoulder and says, "Don't you know -- that's the thing -- everyone is not just good. Everyone is *trying* to be good. And everyone feels this way sometimes, that they are not good, and not good at trying either.” TryingGoodnessGood Book:A Place for Us Source: A Place for Us
“Her heart had swelled. How her son was good in a way that she wasn't, in a way that could instruct her. Layla had begun to think lately that there was no real way to quantify the goodness of a person -- that religion gave templates and guidelines but there were ways it missed the mark entirely. And everything a momin should be in his heart, Amar was,” Goodness Book:A Place for Us Source: A Place for Us