“How strange and how lovely it is to be anything at all.”

“How strange that there would be exactly twenty-four German carpenters in Chicago when the all-night manicure place on the corner of Oakley and Lawrence is called "24/7 Nails.”

“I was thinking about this girl you love so much," she said, "And this place I love so much. And how that happens. How you can just fall into it.”

“No matter how hard you kick, no matter how high you get, you can't go all the way around.”

“How do you just stop being terrified of getting left behind and ending up by yourself forever and not meaning anything to the world?”

“We can't love our neighbors till we know how crooked their hearts are.”

“My love, I cannot tell you how thankful I am for our little infinity, ~ Hazel Lancaster.”