“Life is better than death. I know this. Tequamuck says it is the coward’s talk. I say it is braver, sometimes, to bend.”

“Who's to say that my light is better than your darkness? Who's to say death is better than your darkness? Who am I to say?”

“No time better than the present,’ I always say. Or was that, ‘Nothing is better than a present’? I forget.”

“Kate: I wish there was a cookbook for life, you know? Recipes telling us exactly what to do. I know, I know, you're gonna say "How else will you learn, Kate."Therapist: mm. No, actually I wasn't going to say that. You want to guess again?Kate: No, no, go ahead.Therapist: Well what I was going to say was, you know better than anyone, it's the recipes that you create yourself that are the best.”

“Whether women are better than men I cannot say ... but i can say they are certainly no worse.”

“The body is intelligent, I think. It knows how to say what it means to be alive better than the mind ever will.”