“To understand the world, you must first understand a place like Mississippi.”

“...you'll find that being a friend is to like a person for who they are, even the parts you don't understand. You don't have to understand, or do the same, or live their lives for them. If you truly care for them, then you want them to be who they are; that was why you liked them in the first place.”

“I understand I have no place here. I understand I am lost in the god's eye. I understand I must find my purpose or I will go mad in this green, godless place.”

“Before I tell you my story," Jasper said. "you must understand that there are places in our world, Bella, where the life span of the never-aging is measured in weeks, and not centuries.”

“To help others realize reality, one must realize it for themselves first. Without total understanding of oneself you can not help others to understand themselves. Open your mind's eye and be one with yourself. Then you can begin to help the world around you to heal itself as well.”

“We must define a story which encourages us to make use of the place where we live without killing it, and we must understand that the living world cannot be replicated.”