“A chainsaw's God's way of evening out the playing field between you and everything, even the invisible stuff.”

“Compassion is the willingness to play in the field of dreams even though you are awake.”

“Dad reckoned there was a rational explanation for everything, even things that made no sense at all. UFOs, ghosts, God - they're just the names people came up with for stuff they haven't worked out yet.”

“I thought that helping someone meant sharing everything, even the things you can’t understand, even the darkest stuff.”

“Lou didn't need to tell me, Luce," he said, looking between me and the field. "I don't need someone to tell me when my girl's in the stands. I could pick you out even if I was playing in the Superdome and you were tucked into the back row.”

“Don’t bother trying to explain your emotions. Live everything as intensely as you can and keep whatever you felt as a gift from God. The best way to destroy the bridge between the visible and invisible is by trying to explain your emotions.”