“Every man believes to some extent that the world began when he was born and, at the moment of leaving it, suffers at having to let the Universe remain unfinished.”

“Hope-that unshakable golden belief that things can get better- is why I’m here talking to you now. Without it, we are nothing.”

“A fondness for roving, for making a name for themselves in their onw country, and for boasting of what they had seen in their travels, was so strong in our two wanderers, that they resolved to be no longer happy; and demanded permission of the king to leave the country.”

“Life is so mysterious and illustrious that no one can touch or feel it. Without life or consciousness, a body becomes a lifeless transient shadow. Life is nothing but a poetry of consciousness.”

“The harder you work, the luckier you are, and I worked like hell.”

“That’s what you get,’ he said, nodding towards a group of the men engaged in some close-order military drill, ‘when you give people Bibles and guns. You should give ’em either one or the other, but not both. It just messes up their brains.”

“She wore the moonlight like lingerie. ”

“What you are presently, is a product of what you invested your time in”

“Просто есть такие люди, они… они чересчур много думают о том свете и потому никак не научатся жить на этом.(Мисс Моди Эткинсон – Глазастику Финч)”

“They asked me: why you are not patient?, which I answered: I am patient, however I have a war against time!”

“Acedia is sorrow so complete that the flesh pervails completely over the spirit. You don’t just turn your back on the world, you turn your back on God. You don’t care, and you don’t care that you don’t care.”

“Jenks enthusiastically leaned against the counter and opened the box. Bypassing the plastic knife, he broke off about a third of it and took a huge bite. Ivy watched, appalled, and I shrugged. His mouth moving as he hummed, Jenks finished unpacking the sacks. I was half dead, Ivy was whoring herself to keep me safe, but Jenks was okay as long as he had chocolate.”

“When anyone tells me that he saw a dead man restored to life, I immediately consider with myself whether it be more probable that this person should either deceive or be deceived or that the fact which he relates should really have happened. I weigh the one miracle against the other and according to the superiority which I discover, I pronounce my decision. Always I reject the greater miracle. If the falsehood of his testimony would be more miraculous than the event which he relates, then and not till then, can he pretend to command my belief or opinion.”