“...joy is a thing to be shared, quickly, without hesitation.”

“It had been hard t live int he wilderness without a goal, without a future. Now, at last, we had one.p 166”

“To have wings and yet to want to ride...”

“She has known some happiness there, a privileged moment of revelation, a glimpse into an unexplored part of herself, into something beyond herself. But she is also suspicious of such moment; they do not last, and one never knows where and when they might recur, like islands of an uncharted archipelago. p 108”

“...he is caught by the urgency of departure, as if this island were not good enough.p 133”

“Men were always quick to believe in the madness of women.”

“That's what the future is for: to build the present, with real plans, made by living people. - The Elegance of the Hedgehog”