“Had Lucky gotten lucky after all?”

“When Lucky spilled his seed inside her, Molly knew with a certainty that they had just made a new life together.”

“With grim satisfaction, he watched the two fornicators go diving off the bed in opposite directions, their white butts flashing in the dim light.”

“if someone has just hurt you or broken your heart, if someone has just died, all the grace you need is there-waiting for you to receive it. As long as we are pulled inward-despair and self attention, we aren't free to reach for God's grace. If we mean to leave ourselves alone, we must keep a hand free.”

“Human affairs are not governed ultimately by historical events, fate, or chance, but by God...Divine purpose moving steadily from beginning to end.”

“It was pointless to worry about problems I didn't yet have.”

“Ahora sabemos que las cosas buenas ocurren, que los sueños a veces se cumplen, que los deseos pueden hacerse realidad y de nosotros depende no olvidarlo para poder meterle un gol a esa portería invisible del día a día.”