Open your minds and hearts to the beauty of all that God has made and to His special, personal love for each one of you.

Give up being perfect for being authentic. Be who you are. Love who you are. Others will too.

You, who were made by Love, made for love-- be still and know and watch love come down.

Remember, you are special because I made you. And I don't make mistakes.

I'd really love to make something that doesn't involve my stupid face.

Nature does nothing without purpose or uselessly.

One of the best springs of generous and worthy actions, is having generous and worthy thoughts of ourselves: whoever has a mean opinion of the dignity of his nature will act in no higher a rank than he has allotted himself in his own estimation.

A man may as well hew marble without tools, or paint without colors or instruments, or build without materials, as perform any acceptable service without the graces of the Spirit, which are both the materials and instruments in the work.

The privilege of a lifetime is being who you are.

Even today, in our progressive times, in most movies that come out, the men have to have biceps and the women have to be thin or something.

In those days, if you wanted to escape to another world, you had to create it yourself, using your brain, some paper, pencils, dice, and a few rule books.

Finally, I want to thank all of the writers, filmmakers, actors, artists, musicians, programmers, game designers, and geeks whose work I've paid tribute to in this story. These people have all entertained and enlightened me, and I hope that—like Halliday's hunt—this book will inspire others to seek out their creations.