“One needs something to look forward to - that's what makes life worth living.”

“Because we are no different from any animal, any insect or germule. We are not special, Cal. You, me, we all came from nothing, and that's exactly where we're all going one day, maybe soon, whether we like it or not.”

“With every shovelful, it's like we're traveling back in time. Where no one has gone for centuries...or maybe never gone before.”

“as is life”

“Harry Potter, I know just what you went through.”

“Sylvie had an amazing life, but she didn't get to live it very often.”

“If you could only sense how important you are to the lives of those you meet; how important you can be to the people you may never dream of. There is something of yourself that you leave at every meeting with another person.”