"Marian, the oldest one, did ask to be shot first... The faith of their fathers really was embedded in them."

The religious valor of the Amish girls:

[B]efore killing himself, [Charles Carl Roberts IV] uttered three words — "Pray for me."...

"He asked the children to pray for him, and that's kind of interesting because he said he hated God... He must have recognized the faith in them, God in them."