“It is very simple, actually. It is because you and Tengo were so powerfully drawn to each other.”

“The true value of communication is often not so much what you say to each other but the simple, powerful fact that you care enough to say something to each other so often.”

“Are people drawn to each other because of the stories they carry inside?”

“Sometimes they were together so often that it felt as though they really were a couple; sometimes weeks and months would go by before they saw each other. But even as alcoholics are drawn to the state liquor store after a stint on the wagon, they always came back to each other.”

“When you relate to thoughts obsessively, you are actually feeding them because thoughts need your attention to survive. Once you begin to pay attention to them and categorize them, then they become very powerful. You are feeding them energy because you are not seeing them as simple phenomena. If one tries to quiet them down, that is another way of feeding them.”

“It's all very simple. But maybe because it's so simple, it's also hard.”