“I was given the name Prospect because people have high hopes for me.”

“A chrome spiral staircase connects the main floor to the upper one. It reminds Prospect of a big strand of DNA. Once he's out of the shower, he feels new. He opens a window. The gentle hush of traffic is surprisingly soothing. It is like putting a seashell to his ear, but instead of hearing an ocean, he hears a city and all its voices.”

“‎"I look upon this world as a wrecked vessel. God has given me a lifeboat and said, 'Moody, save all you can.”

“God has given me a lifeboat and said... 'Moody save all you can”

“If God did not wish us to understand the book of Revelation, He would not have given it to us at all.”

“I was all the time tugging and carrying water. But now I have a river that carries me.”

“I like to believe that people in the long run are going to do more to promote peace than our governments. Indeed, I think that people want peace so much that one of these days governments had better get out of the way and let them have it.”