“if there is any secret to this life i live, this is it: the sound of what cannot be seen sings within everything that can. and there is nothing more to it than that.”

“Secret Notes:He wrote secret notes to people he hadn't met yet. Some of them aren't even born, he said, but we live in a strange neighborhood & they will need help figuring things out & I won't always be around to explain it to them.”

“This is a giant block of whatever is most difficult for you to carry & trust me on this, you'll carry it more times than you can count until you decide that's exactly what you want to do most & then it won't weigh a thing anymore”

“That was the day the ancient songs of blood and war spilled from a hole in the skyAnd there was a long moment as we listened and fell silent in our griefand then one by one, we stood talland came togetherand began to sing of life and love and all that is good and trueAnd I will never forget that day when the ancient songs died because there was no one in the world to sing them.”

“There are lives I can imagine without children but none of them have the same laughter & noise.”

“More Fair:They left mewith your shadow,saying things likeLife is not fair& I believed themfor a long time.But today,I rememberedthe way you laughed& the heatof your handin mine& I knew thatlife is more fairthan we canever imagineifwe are there to live it”

“Are you a princess? I said & she said I'm much more than a princess, but you don't have a name for it yet here on earth. ”