“Sometimes at night, when I wake up real late, I can hear my dad talking to God. He whispers, but I still hear him.I even hear him crying sometimes, when God says something sad.”

“They say the city gets in your blood, but that's crap. The city doesn't become part of you... you become part of it. It soaks you up bit by bit, year after year. Until you're just a tiny part of its system... Pumping through its veins, lost in its arteries.”

“There's only two ways to be completely alone in this world, lost in a crowd or in total isolation...”

“It's way too long and I gave up on it. Abandoning forever an innocent child to a hostile and unforgiving land. Sometimes I still hear him crying late at night. He sounds exactly like a malfunctioning air conditioner.”

“When it rains,” he says, loud enough so I can hear him, “God be wantin’ us to sit still and take notice.”

“Even when I cannot see him, I can hear the beautiful gallop of God's heartbeat for humanity.”

“Chirag: Rowley, do you think I exist?Rowley: Nope! I can't even hear you or see you!”