“With God, all things are possible.”

“Ignorance is hardly unusual, Miss Davar. The longer I live, the more I come to realize that it is the natural state of the human mind. There are many who will strive to defend its sanctity and then expect you to be impressed with their efforts.”

“There seems to be no hope. But pretending to be hopeful is the only grace we have . . .”

“I don’t trust people who don’t love themselves and tell me, ‘I love you.’ … There is an African saying which is: Be careful when a naked person offers you a shirt.”

“Life is a journey worth making.”

“The greatest threat that I need to be rescued from is myself. Everything comes a lot easier after that.”

“If you wish to befriend someone, look for a person who loves first God then themselves. If they love God, they will be able to love their neighbor, too.”

“Plan B?’ Ivy said. ‘What is plan B?’Jenks reddened. ‘Grab the fish and run like hell,’ he muttered, and I almost giggled.”

“I’m dying!” Malfoy yelled, as the class panicked. “I’m dying, look at me! It’s killed me!”

“Love is the voice under all silences, the hope which has no opposite in fear; the strength so strong mere force is feebleness: the truth more first than sun, more last than star…”

“The two old men were as still as the stone bench on which they sat, as though their lengthy communion with the element had turned them into statues.”

“How can you trust me, after what your own brother did to you?’‘Because he was false,’ said Damen, ‘and you are true. I have never known a truer man.”

“When we see God through a fear-based lens, we end up with an inaccurate view of ourselves.”

“Aim higher in case you fall short.”