“He traced the slight rise and fall of the earth as if he were stroking the skeletal ribs of a hungry dog. He knew that this was where his sense of reality came from. If he were honest with himself, that was just as absurd as any of Laurie’s beliefs. Still, he felt it so keenly and so very personally that he could neither question this communion nor share it with anyone else. This was his private faith.”

“There are things that will happen to you and there is nothing you can do about this. Isn’t it exciting beyond belief?”

“You are so much stronger and more capable than you think.”

“The pit is of my own making.  The rescue is of God’s love.  And the deliverance is my acceptance of both.”

“It’s a matter of time. That’s all it is. For God will allow mankind to fall to its own demise so that God can raise us up to His glory. For the farther the fall, the more miraculous the ascent.”

“I — I alone know how to mourn for him as he deserves.’ But while we were still shaking hands, such a look of awful desolation came upon her face that I perceived she was one of those creatures that are not the playthings of Time. For her he had died only yesterday. And, by Jove! the impression was so powerful that for me, too, he seemed to have died only yesterday — nay, this very minute. I saw her and him in the same instant of time — his death and her sorrow — I saw her sorrow in the very moment of his death. Do you understand? I saw them together — I heard them together.”

“Believe in me and you shall die, forever.”

“What are you doing to me?” he asked the crow, tearful. Teaching you how to fly. “I can’t fly!” You’re flying right now. “I’m falling!” Every flight begins with a fall, the crow said.”

“Just please understand that everyone is going through a rough time as well. Even if they are hiding behind money or a simple smile. We are all continuously stumbling as we go about our lives. If we had perfect lives we’d all be perfect people. Only thing we can learn to do is endure or we will not be happy and happiness is the closest thing to perfect.”

“Tis said if you will but cast a desire under the crescent moon as stars cross its path, your wish will always come true.”

“Once faith dies, the death of hope follows hard on its heels.”

“Maybe not today, Maybe not tomorrow. But somewhere down the line, there has to be a light.”

“The love of one individual is far more powerful than the hate of one million.”

“Belief isn’t simply a thing for fair times and bright days, I think. What is belief- what is faith- if you don’t continue in it after failure.”