“If you risk nothing, then you risk everything.”

“Risk discomfort and solitude for understanding.”

“He was a nice guy. That was the sort of thing you said about somebody you had nothing against and nothing in common with; you called him a nice guy. That was what Lowell was, even to himself”

“If you understood everything I said, you’d be me”

“You have nothing to lose but the chains of reality.”

“If you are patient...and wait long enough...Nothing will happen ”

“If you had a friend you knew you’d never see again, what would you say? If you could do one last thing for someone you love, what would it be? Say it, do it, don’t wait. Nothing lasts forever.”