Rivers spill mysteries into the ocean, and the ocean washes the answer to the shore.

Even a goat got to be a goat." Esperança's comments about slaves during the triangular slave trade.

It is easier to hold on to a dream than it is to let it go.

When you get crapped on, grow a garden.

When Clover finally walked home, a part of Faith stayed with him. He no longer felt so grumpy and he could see the beauty in the moonflowers again. He thought of Faith and how she glowed from the inside. She’d passed her light on to him and given him hope.