“Somedays you're the pigeon, somedays you're the statue.”

“Books are not luxuries. They are the meat and drink for the mind.”

“The grief of children was unconditional, fueled by the implicit belief that it would last forever; for a child, grief was not grief unless it was eternal.”

“Time doesn't heal, it just gives you other things to think about.”

“We distract ourselves with details. It's a way of coping.”

“That's what hell means, perhaps, being compelled not just to live but to relive.”

“Dont keep sweeping your troubles under the rug for someday you'll trip over it.”