- Tim Ardenne: He had looked into her soul and had grasped her rare special something, as beautiful as the eyes reflecting it, as beautiful as the flesh embodying it. Not one word, not one sign, not one word of advice from the Divine had guided him. He didn't believe in the Divine. There was no beyond. He was sure of it. Life had to be lived, here and now, before sinking into the void.
- Nathan Verra: As he walked, her bright face was continually before him. It was madness to think of such purity. He had known vice and kindness, but never purity.
- Joan Verra: It's absurd. That image was purely in my mind. I'd heard the story so often, it had become real. That's also how memories are made.
- Tim Ardenne: Die..That's what you have to do. That is the only way to truly gain access to life. One does not live if one is not prepared to die, missing your own death would be worse than anything else.
- Nathan Verra: Nathan is the best thing in my life. All mothers say that, but for me it's true. It isn't true that he saved my life or gave it meaning. I don't believe all that nonsense. We know life has no meaning, with offspring or without.