“Of all the various peoples of this world, none leaves the human body in the simple state of nature in which it was born.”

“It seemed like someone was always leaving someone, like that's the way the world worked—people were born and people died, people left and people came. It was like the world was saying you can't have everything you want at the same time.”

“I'll tell you this. Leaving that which you love breaks your heart open. But you will find a jewel inside, and this precious jewel is the opening of your heart to all that is new and all that is different, and it will be the making of you-if you allow it to be.”

“This is the secret that none dares tell who fights for a cause. Dying, we are all alike.”

“We are all these things [...]. Pride, desire, compassion, cleverness, belligerence, fruitfulness, loyalty...and guilt. But above it all stands love. And if we desire to be more than human, that is the star by which we must set our sights. ”

“To recongnize that the treachery of one member of a house does not taint all born within it”

“And freedom? Oh, freedom. Well that's just some people talking. Your prison is walking through this world all alone.”