“Strange things happened to them . . . some bitterly cruel and some so beautiful that faith is refired forever.”

“The people in flight from the terror behind-strange things happen to them, some bitterly cruel and some so beautiful that the faith is refired forever.”

“Strange things are said to have happened in this world — some are said to be happening still — but half of them, if I'm any judge, are lies.”

“I think, in this strange world of beautiful things, there may be some humanity after all.”

“But...books are so much more. Some of them are webs; you can feel your way along their threads, but just barely, into strange and dark corners. Some of them are balloons bobbing up through the sky: totally self-contained, and unreachable, but beautiful to watch.And some of them―the best ones―are doors.”

“Some aspects of life are strange or even terrible, but later something okay or even good happens that would never have happened without the bad/strange thing. -- "The Higher Power of Lucky”