- Edward Phillipe Mott: The art never judges. I envy it. Life in two dimensions. Frozen in forever beauty. To watch the world go by, unencumbered by the gossip and pain of three-dimensional men.
- Edward Phillipe Mott: The living cling to life above all, but the trophy misprized is to die in peace.
- Thomasin White: 'Tis a mother's burden to suffer the birth of her babe, but all agony pales when placed in measure with the cold death of a child.