“In the end, it wasn't death that surprised her but the stubbornness of life.”

“A girl my age had been murdered in these woods and I'd seen her last terrified moments, watched her bleed to death in this forest. A life like mine had ended here, and it didn't matter how many times I'd seen deaths in movies, it wasn't the same, and I wasn't ever going to forget it.”

“Death is more merciful than hope itself! There is nothing surprising in this, for death is divinely appointed, while hope is the creation of human folly. Both end in frustration. Am I destined to lead a life of endless frustration?-(The Beginning and the End)”

“Death is not the end death can never be the end. Death is the road. Life is the traveller. The Soul is the Guide”

“At the end of life death is a departure; but at life's beginning a departure is death.”

“Mathin had taught her patience, and she had known all of her life how to be stubborn.”