“If the world were really right, humans would live life backward and do the first part last. They'd be all knowing in the beginning and innocent in the end...”

“You don't have to know everything in the world. We aren't supposed to. It makes you boring in mixed company if you can't be interested and ask questions of other people.”

“Maybe his heart is searching for and not finding the place it used to live. I understand that because mine is searching and not finding too.”

“My life is like tofu—it's what gets added that makes it interesting.”

“And then I know I'm being a man, not just some kid who's upset and wants it his way.”

“Afterward I always kiss her, my baby, and look into her clear eyes that know everything about me, and want me to be her daddy anyway.”

“All I can think is that I want her more than anything. I want her more than I've ever wanted anything, ever.”