“If you smile when you are alone, then you really mean it.”
“If you smile when no one else is around, you really mean it.”
“They're just words. And words alone don't really mean anything. It's what you feel and what you believe when you say them that matter.”
“Danny smiles. Really smiles--like it means a lot that I'm not mad at him anymore. And then I figure out something weird: that you can be important to someone who doesn't mean much to you. But that once you find that out--that you mean something to them--it's hard not to feel that they mean something to you.”
“Okay. What do I have to do?”“Unless you plan on creating a door and walking the Paths alone, you really ought to take my hand.”“I mean when we get there, you jerk.”
“But when you're alone in the world, really alone, you have no choice but to be open to suggestions.”