“That's what hell means, perhaps, being compelled not just to live but to relive.”

“Time doesn't heal, it just gives you other things to think about.”

“Books are not luxuries. They are the meat and drink for the mind.”

“The grief of children was unconditional, fueled by the implicit belief that it would last forever; for a child, grief was not grief unless it was eternal.”

“We distract ourselves with details. It's a way of coping.”

“Somedays you're the pigeon, somedays you're the statue.”

“Being on a boat that's moving through the water, it's so clear. Everything falls into place in terms of what's important and what's not.”