“I suppose there is a certain crucial interval in everyone's life when character is fixed forever; for me, it was that first fall term I spent at Hampden.”
“At first I saw you everywhere. Now only in certain things, at longer intervals.”
“Everyone wants to fix me... You're supposed to be the person who doesn't want to fix me.”
“Everyone wants to fix me. Myparents want to fix me. My brother wantsto fix me. My therapists want to fix me.You’re supposed to be the person whodoesn’t want to fix me.”
“I suppose that one’s years spent living do not reflect a measure of our souls or strength of character.”
“There are only certain intervals of time when life of any sort is possible in an expanding universe and we can practise astronomy only during that habitable time interval in cosmic history.”