- Michelle McNally: I know now that there is God... He is not in the Holy Spirit we pray to... He isn't written about in religious texts... He is someone who is a part of our lives... Whom we live for... Because of whom we live...
- Debraj Sahai: That after spending thirty years in this school, I'm just an unseen unheard entity. When I saw the school for the last time, my students were waving to me in the wrong direction.
- Debraj Sahai: The alphabets of the world start with A, B, C, D, E but yours start with B, L, A, C, K... Black.
- Debraj Sahai: Dear Ms. Nair, I have good news. You will be unhappy to know that the magician is at work.