“Every body else had something to say; every body was either surprised or not surprised, and had some question to ask, or some comfort to offer.”

“It's the stupid questions that have some of the most surprising and interesting answers. Most people never think to ask the stupid questions.”

“There was something about a wedding. No matter how much you put into it, you could always put in more. There was always someone else you could call, some other question you could ask, something else you could buy. You could put every worry, every desire, every whim, every moment of your waking day into a wedding, and it was big enough to absorb them all.”

“I asked for her hand in marriage, but instead got the whole body. Love is full of surprises!”

“Maurice once said to me- when I had asked him a question rather like yours - he said, "An answer is always a form of death" There was something else in her face then. It was not implaceable; but in some way impermeable. 'I think questions are a form of life”

“Do something that surprises yourself cause if you don't surprise yourself, you're not going to surprise anybody else.”