“We should abandon all hope when we are born. Happiness is a mere sparkle in the darkness.”

“...,we wasn't born to be all the time scared, we was born happy,”

“We spend nine months in a nurturing darkness before we're born, and we aspire to the highest of all places when we die.”

“Perhaps some people really are born unhappy. I surely hope not. Speaking for my sister and myself: We were born with the capacity and determination to be utterly happy all the time. Perhaps even in this we were freaks. Hi ho.”

“Darkness entered into, darkness realized, is the point of departure for all profound expressions of Christian hope. 'Meaningless darkness' becomes 'revelatory darkness' when it is confronted by the courage of a thoughtfulness and hope that is born of faith's quest for truth.”

“So your question, are we happy here? I say how can we be happy when we are mere wanderers without a home?”