“Life need not be a story, but it does need to be an adventure.”

“Remember: the time you feel lonely is the time you most need to be by yourself. Life's cruelest irony.”

“Adventure without risk is Disneyland.”

“You're right, a spleen is a strange thing-we technically don't need one, but maybe spleens are kept in our bodies in case we mutate or evolve, and if we grow wings or tentacles we need to have the spleen in place in order for them to work.”

“I think of how the person who needs the other person the least in a relationship is the stronger member.”

“Some day you cross this thin line and you really realize that we need to protect ourselves from ourselves.”

“My secret is that I need God—that I am sick and can no longer make it alone. I need God to help me give, because I no longer seem to be capable of giving; to help me be kind, as I no longer seem capable of kindness; to help me love, as I seem beyond being able to love.”