“What is a man but the sum of his memories? We are the stories we live! The tales we tell ourselves!”

“How much better is it to get wisdom than gold! and to get understanding rather to be chosen than silver!”

“A man is made of memories. It is all we are. Captured moments, the smell of a place, scenes played out time and again on a small stage. We are memories, strung on storylines--the tales we tell ourselves about ourselves, falling through our lives into tomorrow.”

“Let us therefore come boldly to the throne of grace, that we may find mercy and grace in our time of need.”

“We tell ourselves stories in order to live.”

“For God loved the world so much that he gave his one and only Son [Stalin], so that everyone who believes in him will not perish but have eternal life. God sent his Son into the world not to judge the world, but to save the world through him.”

“In the stories we tell ourselves, we tell ourselves.”