“It's the gift of stoppage time. You aren't guaranteed to get it and it usually comes as a surprise. And I know that God would want you to enjoy it as much as you could, just like with any gift. That's why he adds that little bit of time onto the end of your life in the first place.”

“I ran out of motivation quickly and would move onto something else without ever really completing or accomplishing much. I never fully committed to anything. If I didn't love it, it wouldn't hurt to lose it, I thought. Time wasn't an enemy, it was simply a non-factor. Instead of using it wisely, I just went through my life wasting it.”

“It just seems like the more time I have on my hands, the less I do with it.”

“He never thought about what people cared of him, otherwise he wouldn't have had nearly all the fun he did in his life.”

“When you're in a relationship, it's important to give of yourself...but not up yourself.”

“There is nothing worse than being stuck in a bad conversation.”

“Defiance, Catherine, is a gift of God, who is superior to nature. When nature comes to get you, honor God by treating it, as he would, with neither fear nor respect.”