“The most important thing about a person is always the thing you don't know.”

“Soli, let me tell you. The most important thing about a person is always the thing you don't know.”

“The most important part of a story is the piece of it you don't know.”

“Words were not just words, describing things a person could see. Even if most did not. Maybe they had to know a thing first, to see it.”

“She understands all at once, with a small shock, exactly what it is she always needed to tell Harland: being there in person is not the same as watching. You might see things better on television, but you'll never know if you were alive or dead while you watched.”

“you can't really know the person standing before you, because always there is some missing piece”

“It's one thing to carry your life wherever you go. Another thing to always go looking for it somewhere else.”