“Why don't we have a little game? Let's pretend that we're human beings, and that we're actually alive.”

“Whether we're a preschooler or a young teen, a graduating college senior or a retired person, we human beings all want to know that we're acceptable, that our being alive somehow makes a difference in the lives of others.”

“We have, as human beings, a storytelling problem. We're a bit too quick to come up with explanations for things we don't really have an explanation for.”

“Listen up, Wanda. I know exactly what you don't want to be. But we're human, and we're selfish, and we don't always do the right thing. We aren't going to let you go. Deal with it.”

“But even so, we're not devils, let alone gods. We're human. We're human!”

“You need to understand something Cal-in this world, we're not humans having a divine experience. We're divine beings having a human experience.”