“Phillip is the Paul McCartney of our family: better-looking than the rest of us, always facing a different direction in pictures, and occasionally rumored to be dead.”

“It's strange how pain marks our faces, and makes us look like family.”

“Earth, seen from space, looked as it had looked in color-stereo pictures, but he found that the real thing is as vastly more satisfying as a hamburger is better than a picture of one.”

“Ye are better than all the ballads
That ever were sung or said;
For ye are living poems,
And all the rest are dead.”

“Before pointing the finger to point out the rottenness and disgrace of others, it is better for us to look first in the mirror to see our own face.”

“If your priority is to look good in front of people, your life will take a different direction than if your priority is to use the talents that God has given you to make a positive difference in the world.”

“There’s no better strategy against a true rumor than inventing another fake one that claims to confirm it.”

“Rumor is rarely more interesting than fact, but it is always more readily available.”

“You're our honorary sixth member with mysterious abilities and visions of the future. The Snow White to our motley group of dwarfs. Plus, you're way better looking than the rest of these guys.”

“Every moment is a moment of decision, and every moment turns us inexorably in the direction of the rest of our lives.”