“She doesn't understand that doors, walls, fences, ceilings - they're helpless to keep out what determinedly desires to get in.”

“The walls in front of us are not there to keep us from achieving our desire. They are there to see how bad we want what we desire.”

“Just because you're paranoid doesn't mean they're not out to get you.”

“Dear Scarlett! You aren't helpless. Anyone as selfish and determined as you are is never helpless. God help the Yankees if they should get you." -Rhett Butler”

“To understand history,' Chacko said, 'we have to go inside and listen to what they're saying. And look at the books and the pictures on the wall. And smell the smells.”

“She understands enough of what is going on. She understands that he wants to save her, more than anything in the world. She understands what he understands, that if only he could save her, he could save himself. She understands also that she loves him, and as she stays inside his helpless stare, she knows that fate is something she has to steer herself.”