“We do not deserve to be trapped in hell. It isnt our fault.”

“I'm so good at beginnings, but in the end I always seem to destroy everything, including myself.”

“The church is missionary by nature because God through the Spirit calls, creates, and commissions the church to communicate to the world that the redemptive reign of God has broken into human history.”

“We wrote our names in the sandYou crossed mine out: I can't getback to the way I was.”

“What do you think my chances might be of finding a soul mate in the group of you? I'll be lucky if I can just find someone who'll be able to stand me for the rest of our lives. What if I've already sent her home because I was relying on some sort of spark I didn't feel? What if she's waiting to leave me at the first sign of adversity? What if I don't find anyone at all? What do I do then, America?”

“It was almost comforting, this mutual acceptance of our secrets.”

“We awake at dawn.To sink or swim.”