“The treasure secretly gathered in your heart will become evident through your creative work.—Albrecht Durer”

“That was the very heart of friendship...your willingness to help each other in a jam, to take a friend's problems as your very own.”

“...she could see it now, what her father loved about Shakespeare, about that entire, mysterious time, with its pomp and majesty, secrets and betrayals.”

“That's the real mystery, isn't it? Not whether he was a common merchant or the queen's son, but how he could understand so much about human nature. And write about it in a way that still rings true, all these years later.' ". . . " 'That's Shakespeare's secret. . .”

“A great friendship was like a great work of art, he thought. It took time and attention, and a spark of something that was impossible to describe. It was a happy, lucky accident, finding some kindred part of yourself in a total stranger.”

“There is a difference between giving into something and accepting it.”

“A good friend is someone you can count on. No matter what.”