We have a responsibility to stand watch over one another, we are watchers, all of us, watchers, guarding against the darkness.

When new hopes fail, old hopes return in the endless cycle of desperation.

Creating a family in this turbulent world is an act of faith, a wager that against all odds there will be a future, that love can last, that the heart can triumph against all adversities and even against the grinding wheel of time.

Every talent is unearned, however, and with it comes a solemn obligation to use it as fully and as wisely as possible.

Perseverance is impossible if we don't permit ourselves to hope.

I'm alive but I have no life. I'm alive but also dead. I'm dead and alive.

Odd: I wish I could believe in reincarnation. Chief Porter: Not me. Once down the track is enough of a test. Pass me or fail me, Dear Lord, but don't make me go through high school again. Odd: If there's something we want so bad in this life but we can't have it, maybe we could get it the next time around. Chief Porter: Or maybe not getting it, accepting less without bitterness and being grateful for what we have is a part of what we're here to learn.