“If pinpointing God's presence were really that simple, then he supposed the beaches would be more crowded in the mornings. They would be filled with people on their own quests, instead of people jo...”

“You have powerful storms in your mind? Visit the silent beaches to calm your storms! You have excessive silence in your mind? Find some powerful storms to awaken your mind!”

“After supper they saw Kaluka to the boardwalk, and then strolled back along the beach to Asbury. The evening sea was a new sensation, for all its color and mellow age was gone, and it seemed the bl...”

“The devil hates the people who build the broken walls, he detests those who restore them”

“God is the builder of life.”

“Leaders are builders. They build bridges to unite, not walls to divide.”

“In the back of his mind, he had always wondered whywhy they harbored such resentment for him. Now he had the answer, and he felt sick. He felt the bottom dropping out.”

“You know, nice guys finish last, don't you?""I guess I'll finish last.”

“Be careful, if I didn't know better, I would think you're sounding jealous.""Good thing you know better.”