“It doesn't matter if you have new parts, old parts or spare parts. You can shine no matter what your made of.”

“I can close the book on this part of our history. I can start a new chapter, but it doesn't matter. because now, the magic is everywhere.”

“It was only the matter of a new voice. Nobody listened to an old voice anymore. Old voices became a part of one's self, like a fingernail.”

“But adulthood," continued the barely twentysomething, "doesn't give you power over what matters most. It doesn't protect you from pain, loss, fate. That's part of being human.”

“Gift giving is part of the culture no matter where you are and no matter how long you stay.”

“No matter how good you get you can always get better, and that's the exciting part.”

“Everyone dies. Everyone leaves. What matters is the things you build together before they go. What matters is the part of them that continues in you when they're gone.”