“A world that was crowded with people could still be a very lonely place.”

“She understood how a world jammed with phones, email, and faxes could still leave you feeling utterly alone.”

“If you were drifting with a thousand other people, could you really still say you were lost?”

“You know what I noticed when I was with Jacob? In your world, people can reach each other in an instant. There's the telephone, and the fax - and on the computer you can talk to someone all the way around the world. You've got people telling their secrets on TV talk shows, and magazines that publish pictures of movie stars trying to hide their homes. All those connections, but everyone there seems so lonely.”

“It seems to me that no matter what religion you subscribe to, acts of kindness are the stepping-stones to making the world a better place--because we become better people in it.”

“Did you ever walk through a room that's packed with people, and feel so lonely you can hardly take the next step?”

“Home is not a place, but rather, the people you love”