“If you make something your life's work, make sure it's something you can feel proud of when you're an old relic like me.”

“If bringing down the wall would require you to fly, you must believe you can fly. Otherwise, when the decisive moment comes, you will surely discover you ahve no wings.”

“There's something darn funny about an old librarian with a potty mouth.”

“He has a frightening aversion to text messaging in general."It's a phone. It's for making calls, not for writing novels".”

“Faith never stays put. It's always challenging always questioning. That's what makes it real.”

“You are indestructible .JFor some reason I felt light-headed when I finished writing and looked up at her, like I'd stood up too fast or the oxygen had left my brain. Oh pulled her arm back, looked thoughtfully at the words, and replied, "It's upside down, but I like it. You done good, Jacob.”

“There's a hell all right. It's just not where people say it is....It's here. It's life, or it's what we turn life into, I guess. It's like we have to pass through all this painful stuff to get to where we're supposed to be, on the other side.”