“I had been living my nightmares, Gabriella. Finding you has freed me from them. No one is going to take you from me.”

“Dr Seraphina gazed at Gabriella with a cool, assessing eye. "What do you believe Gabriella?" "I believe that if we do not protect our traditions from those who would destroy them, soon there will be nothing left to interpret.""Ah, so you are a warrior, then," Dr Seraphina said, challenging Gabriella. "There are always those who would put on armour and go into battle. but the real genius is in finding a way to get what you desire without dying for it.”

“And then you show up with the voice from my nightmare, and you call me an asshole.”

“If you try to to take my bananas from me, I will reclaim them from your cold dead hands.”

“When I accept myself, I am freed from the burden of needing you to accept me.”

“Jesus has given me eternal life in Him. Let them take my life here, but God holds me in the palm of His hand and no one can take Him from me.”