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

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

“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.”

“It's never been about trying to look well-behaved. It's just how I am. I guess it's a weird thing to be 19 and not ever have been drunk, but for me, it just feels normal because I don't really know any other way. I don't know if I'd be comfortable getting wasted and not knowing what I've said. That doesn't mean when I'm older I won't have a glass of wine. I just don't think it's such a strange thing for me not to be wasted all the time.”

“I've found time can heal most anything and you just might find who you're supposed to be.”