John Irving, A Prayer for Owen Meany

"It is your responsibility to find fault with me, it is mine to hear you out. But don't expect me to change."

"O God — please give him back! I shall keep asking You."

"If you care about something you have to protect it – If you’re lucky enough to find a way of life you love, you have to find the courage to live it."

"Many things the gods achieve beyond our judgement,'"said the sorrowful girl. "'What we thought is not confirmed and what we thought not God contives."

"My life is a reading list."

"O God — please give him back! I shall keep asking You."