“We are here for a finite amount of time...it's up to each of us to make that time meaningful and special.”

“We were supposed to be an English literature class, but Miss Nesbitt used literature to teach real life. She said she didn't have time to teach us like a regular English teacher--we were too far behind. Instead, she taught us the world through literature.”

“Every time we turn to Christ in faith it is like a moment of Sabbath, a little foretaste of eternal rest and glory. The gift of that moment lies not in what we do but what we receive. It is the holy time set aside to receive the greatest gift of God ever has to give, which is himself, in his own beloved Son.”

“What we see of the world is the mind'sInvention and the mindThough stained by it, becomingRivers, sun, mule-dung, flies-Can instantly shiftA dirty bird in square time”

“We should bury the bodies,” Sam said. Gabriel shook her head. “We haven’t got time. There are two hundred and sixty seven bodies here. Do you know how long that would take?”

“Learn when's a good time to shut up”

“Thou Shalt Not is soon forgotten, but Once Upon a Time is forever.”