“All crosses had their tops cut and became T's. There was also a thing called God.”

“The cross where Jesus died became also the cross where His apostle died. The loss, the rejection, the shame, belong both to Christ and to all who in very truth are His. the cross that saves them also slays them, and anything short of this is a pseudo-faith and not true faith at all.”

“Look, calling somebody in a wheelchair handicapable doesn`t all of a sudden give them the power to climb stairs or the ability to grab Ho-Hos off the top shelf.”

“I always got cross with Elizabeth for leaving the top off the toothpaste. Now I throw it away as soon as I open a new tube. I find I dont´t want the lid.”

“Is that a bad thing?” He angled his wineglass. “Every aspect of society todaycontrives to muddy our vision. To make us want things we don‟t need. Need thingswe don‟t want. Strip all of that away and cut to your deathbed.” He clinked theirglasses together. “That‟s the essence of a life.”

“Small things were important. Seconds were small things, and if you heaped enough of those on top of one another, they became a man's life.”