“We wanted, it seemed, what we already had, a lover and a friend to create with, side by side. To be loyal, yet be free.”

“We are created to live side by side. However, we only die for ourselves.”

“One worldNow and foreverBest friends... best friends, loyal and trueOne dream... one dreamSide by side There's nothing we can't doOne hand... one hand helping the otherEach heart... each heart fitting as oneWe live... we live, always togetherSharing the same bright sun...”

“But this show, this shower of fire and ice and blood, reminded him yet again that God is faithful. He keeps his promises. While our ways are not his ways and we can never understand him this side of heaven, Rayford was assured again that he was on the side of the army that had already won this war.”

“If we behave like those on the other side, then we are the other side. Instead of changing the world, all we'll achieve is a reflection of the one we want to destroy.”

“Yet we always envy others, comparing our shadows to their sunlit sides.”