“Cheer up! You're a worse sinner than you ever dared imagine, and you're more loved than you ever dared hope.”

“May your glass always be full, may there always be a roof over your head, and may you dirty sinners be in heaven a half hour before the devil knows you're dead.”

“The gospel is this: We are more sinful and flawed in ourselves than we ever dared believe, yet at the very same time we are more loved and accepted in Jesus Christ than we ever dared hope.”

“Imagination is the voice of daring. If there is anything godlike about God, it is that. He dared to imagine everything”

“Yeah, but a hellbender never dies. You ever see a dead one?”

“Music lets you write your own checks. Don't ever forget that.”

“The mind can imagine terrors far more horrific than you could ever physically bear, just like the mind will tune out those physical hurts when the pain surpasses what your body can endure.”