“I pray he found the peace in death that he never knew in life.”

“He had never thought of himself as much of a praying man, but as he sat in the car in the growing darkness and the minutes passed, he knew what it was to pray. It was to will goodness out of evil, hope out of despair, life out of death. It was to will dreams into existence and spectres into reality. It was to will an end to anguish and a beginning to joy.”

“...he had found the courage once in his life to seize a chance at love from a person who knew how to give it. Lena prayed on these two moons that she would find that same courage.”

“The measure of a man's character is what he would do if he knew he would never be found out.”

“The measure of a man's real character is what he would do if he knew he would never be found out.”

“The measure of a man's real character is what he would do if he knew he would never be found out.”