“I have been given a third chance at life, even if the circumstances are somewhat disconcerting. You are mine, and we both know it.”

“Circumstances and situations do color life, but you have been given the mind to choose what the color shall be.”

“We all live in a tragicomic situation, a life that is in part absurd simply because it is not of our own making. We are born into a disordered world, into a family we did not choose, into circumstances we would have had somewhat improved, and we are even called by a name we did not select. (40)”

“You’ve been given a second chance at true love. Few of us are rarely given even a first chance. If you ruin this, you will be a bigger fool than I could ever imagine. This time when he leaves you, it really will be your fault.”

“One of the best parts of being a Guardian is that we get a chance to grow and change. We get to exist in both worlds. We know the secret of life and have the knowledge of death”

“Even when you have been somewhat enlightened by what you have read, you are called upon to continue the serach for significance.”