“People say time changes things, but it’s not true. Doing things changes things. Not doing things leaves things exactly as they were.”

“Sometimes just being still is the best thing you can do for yourself.”

“Writing is a supernatural thing.”

“I had always found comfort in the leaves, in their silence. They were like a parchment that holds words of wisdom. Simply holding them in my hand gave me some of the peace a tree possesses. To be like that-to just be-that's the most noble thing of all.”

“People don't get to change things. Things change people once in a while, but people don't change things.”

“Live in hope. Because things do happen. Things do change. Worry really is futile. Don't fear the future. Dreams do come true.”

“Strange, how such a small realization can affect everyone's life forever. In movies there is always a carefully staged moment - a big crescendo of music, close- ups of the actors' faces, the camera slowly pulling away to let all this sink in for the viewer...but, in real life, most all of the extraordinary things happen with no more loudness than a whisper.”