“...repeating helps people get over sorrow. Otherwise the words build up in you, a lamentation, and you can't stop grieving.”

“No, you cannot stop the birds of sorrow from flying over your head, but you can stop them from building nests in your hair.”

“Hovering over me was the Chihuly chandelier. Chihulys are the pigeons of Seattle. They're everywhere and even if they don't get in your way, you can't help but build up a kind of antipathy toward them.”

“You can't recapture your past anymore than you can speed up your future. Stop lamenting summer and stop trying to hurry winter. Just enjoy the fall.”

“You can't go around building a better world for people. Only people can build a better world for people. Otherwise it's just a cage. Besides you don't build a better world by choppin' heads off and giving decent girls away to frogs.”

“Bring up the past only if it will help to build the future, otherwise its best to be left to sleep”