“It is more rewarding to be complicit with scarcity than excess.”

“Excellence is the result of caring more than others think is wise, risking more than others think is safe, dreaming more than others think is practical, and expecting more than others think is possible.”

“I wear a solar radiation suit. The lights we have over our artificial fields simulate real sunlight, so if I were in there for too long, I’d get a sunburn just like if I was on a beach. I guess up on the Burn (that’s what we call the land) they had something called sunscreen, but then some dermatologist down here designed the solar radiation suits and said they were much more effective protection. Sometimes I want to smack him.”

“Forgive me, Lord, if ever I should wrap myselfin pharisiac robes when I see another fallIn no way am I greaterbecause of another’s weakness.At the most it only turns the eyesof the crowd away from my own frailty.Few of us would ever think of hurting someonephysicallybut too many times we have used the powerof "talk" to kill.Here, Lord, take these stones I hold.”

“He turns to point the knife at Dave. Smitty opens his mouth to speak, but no words come out. Instead his eyes widen in surprise because with a clap of thunder, I blow a hole in his chest.”

“Differences were meant by God not to divide but to enrich.”

“You are everything I have in this world Gracie”