“The natural is so awesome that we need not go beyond it.”

“Children need boundaries, so they can know how far they have to go to get beyond them.”

“Something is conscious of us. It listens as it plays upon theinstruments that we are. It takes delight in the cacophony, anorchestration so grand it is far beyond our contemplation. It ismasterful, elegant, swift, and awesome. It is the Song of theUniverse—and more. It is our Composer, and one who lovesbeyond conditions, beyond the beyond. If the law of ‘as above, sobelow’ holds true, then we too are composers. We too sing songsthat breathe shape into reality. But are we listening? Are wepaying attention to the compositions we create?”

“Cat tongues are awesome." --Nellie Gomez, The 39 Clues, Beyond The Grave”

“Awesome.""Awesome squared.""Awesome cubed.""Awesome to the power of infinity.""The square root of awesome is-""-Asha." We finish at the same time and laugh.”

“Mamma says if we stay so focused on our past failings, we won't be able to move beyond them and learn what we need to know.”