“Some things scratch the surface while others strike at your soul.”

“Don't you realize you cannot make your own heart beat?”

“I’m His girl. You don’t mess with God’s girl. I got a sign on my forehead that says: You better be nice to me, for my Father owns the world.”

“Suffering did different things to different people...Some souls became tempered, unshakable in their faith, while others became twisted and mis-shapen, throwing off all connection to God.”

“In fact the bare adjective "bad" hardly scratches the surface of the man's awesome incapacity.”

“There are certain mortal moments and minutes that matter. Certain hingepoints in the history of each human. Some seconds are so decisive they shrink the soul, while others are spent, so as to stretch the soul.”

“Some things are just the blink of eternity's eye while others last forever.”