“I studied every page of this book, and I didn't find enough love to fill a salt shaker. God is not love in the Bible; God is vengeance, from Alpha to Omega.”

“Divine Love is the key to all of existence. Without it, nothing can survive. Every one of us is only seeking one thing. Though it is called by many names (God, Alpha and Omega, Allah, etc..) it's ultimate name is Divine Love.”

“[T]hink of love as a state of grace: not the means to anything but the alpha and omega, an end in itself.”

“Fix yourself something to drink," she said. "I don't have any Mr. Pepper.""You mean Dr. Pepper?""For the love of God!" She exploded. "People expect everything from a psychic! 'Doctor,' 'mister,' I was close enough. I didn't call it 'Mrs. Salt,' did I?”

“It was the outstanding fact about St. Thomas [Aquinas] that he loved books and lived on books ... When asked for what he thanked God most, he answered simply, ‘I have understood every page I ever read’.”

“It had to teach her to think of love as a state of grace: not the means to anything but the alpha and omega, an end it itself. ”