“It's hard to believe in coincidence, but it's even harder to believe in anything else.”

“The thing is that I do believe in college, and jobs, and maybe even babies one day. I believe in the future. Maybe it's a character flaw, but for me it is a congenital one.”

“Thomas Edison's last words were "It's beautiful over there." I don't know where "there" is but I believe it's somewhere, and I hope it's beautiful.”

“You see how fake it all is. It's not even hard enough to be made out of plastic. It's a paper town.”

“Thomas Edison's last words were "It's very beautiful over there". I don't know where there is, but I believe it's somewhere, and I hope it's beautiful.”

“I believe in hope, in what is sometimes called "radical hope." I believe there is hope for us all, even amid the suffering—and maybe even inside suffering.”

“So I know she forgives me, just as I forgive her. Thomas Edison's last words were: "It's very beautiful over there." I don't know where there is, but I believe it's somewhere, and I hope it's beautiful.”