“That is what you meant to me: a light that shone through the darkness.” (Your smile, p. 56)”

“My son," and the matronly voice seemed to smile, "you must walk through darkness to appreciate the light.”

“were the last words that I wrote for you enough to tell youthat in my death the light that shone through my painful darknesswas a blinding vision of your eternal smile?cold scalpel's steel whispers tear at my very coreas I cling to my memories of you...”

“True vice, my lady, would frighten us all, if it did not wear the mask of virtue. (p.56)”

“It's always thoughts of family that drive me crazy, and it's always my friends who bring me back.Agents of Light and Darkness p.218”

“Why would you save me?Because you, mouse, can tell Gregory a story. Stories are light. Light is precious in a world so dark. Begin at the beginning. Tell Gregory a story. Make some light.'- A Tale of Despereaux, Kate Dicamillo - P. 81”