“We laughed the rest of the way, because the point of this story is, it is not the cookies. It is the love.”

“The point is, we were created to love beauty. We love beauty because Elyon loves beauty. We love song because Elyon loves song. We love love because Elyon loves love. And we love to be loved because Elyon loves to be loved. In all these ways we are like Elyon. In one way or another, everything we do is tied to this unfolding story of love between us and Elyon.”

“The point is the love story. We live in a love story in the midst of war.”

“Madison looked down at her cookie and back at Chris. “Why did he get a brownie and I only got a cookie?”“Because I love him unconditionally and you’re making him sweat.” Chris stuffed the rest of the brownie in his mouth.”

“We can laugh all we like at Micromaniacs, but they will have the last laugh - because they are designing the future that the rest of us will have to live in.”

“Favoring 'resolution' the way we do, it is hard for us men to write great love stories. Why?, because we want to tell too much. We aren’t satisfied unless at the end of the story the characters are lying there, panting.”