"They say the Lord gives and the Lord takes away. I have never been given very much. What was there to take away?"
"Children of the Sea," p. 7

"People are just too hopeful, and sometimes hope is the biggest weapon of all to use against us. People will believe anything. They will claim to see the Christ return and march on the cross backwards if there is enough hope."
"Children of the Sea," p. 19

"We were all daughters of that river, which had taken our mothers from us. Our mothers were the ashes and we were the light. Our mothers were the embers and we were the sparks. Our mothers were the flames and we were the blaze."
"Nineteen Thirty-Seven," p. 41

"'You know that question I asked you before,' [Guy] said, 'how a man is remembered after he's gone? I know the answer now. I know because...