“Don't stop believing in miracles.”

“Here's the funny thing about the world coming to an end. Once it gets going, it doesn't seem to stop.”

“I'm the one not caring. I'm the one pretending the Earth isn't shattering all around me because I don't want it to be. I don't want to know there was an earthquake in Missouri. I don't want to know the Midwest can die, also, that what's going on isn't just tides and tsunamis. I don't want to have any more to be afraid of.I didn't start this diary for it to be a record of death.”

“Sometimes the rues don't work. Sometimes the rules cause the anarchy.”

“Sometimes the rules don't work. Sometimes the rules cause the anarchy.”

“But she's wrong about hell. You don't have to wait until you're dead to get there.”

“Megan's right about my being a sinner. But she's wrong about hell. You don't have to wait until you're dead to get there.”