“a sudden squawked command caused everyone within earshot to act for a split second as if they were shaking invisible martinis”

“Beyond the lake, over the mountains, the clouds were illuminated from within by a brilliant stutter of lightning, and in that split second Elizabeth and I were etched against the sky.”

“Talent consists not in inventing shapes but in causing those that were invisible to emerge.”

“At this command, to Rose's great dismay, six more hands were offered, and it was evident that she was expected to shake them all.”

“What a nation needs more than anything else is not a Christian ruler in the palace but a Christian prophet within earshot.”

“Bread is a second cause; the LORD Himself is the first source of our sustenance. He can work without the second cause as well as with it; and we must not tie Him down to one mode of operation. Let us not be too eager after the visible, but let us look to the invisible God.”