“Where you come from does matter -- but not nearly as much as where you are headed.”

“Love is not an equation, it is not a contract, and it is not a happy ending. Love is the slate under the chalk, the ground that buildings rise, and the oxygen in the air. It is the place you come back to, no matter where your headed”

“Do you ever go back?"Ruthann nods, "When I need to remember where I came from, or where I'm headed.”

“Love is not an equation, as your father once wanted me to believe. It's not a contract, and it's not a happy ending. It is the slate under the chalk and the ground buildings rise from and the oxygen in the air. It is the place I come back to, no matter where I've been headed.”

“How can you ricochet from a moment where you are on top of the world to one where you are crawling at rock bottom”

“When you don't know where you're headed, you find places no one else would ever think to explore.”

“The really amazing thing about all this is no matter what you believe,it took some doing to get from a point where there was nothing, to a point where all the right neurons fire and pop so that we can make decisions.More amazing is how even though that's become second nature, we all still manage to screw it up.”