“When we accept small wonders, we qualify ourselves to imagine great wonders.”

“Wondering aloud, If we were orcs, wouldn't we, at a racial level, imagine ourselves to look like elves?”

“No matter how qualified or deserving we are, we will never reach a better life until we can imagine it for ourselves and allow ourselves to have it.”

“Imagination is as close as we will ever be to godhead . . . for in imagination, we can create wonders.”

“Maybe the secret to fulfillment is to stop wondering what we're lacking; to stop seeking love and instead to start accepting ourselves and loving the people we encounter.”

“The reason that marriage is so painful and yet wonderful is because it is a reflection of the gospel, which is painful and wonderful at once. The gospel is this: We are more sinful and flawed in ourselves than we ever dared believe, yet at the very same time we are more loved and accepted in Jesus Christ than we ever dared hope.”