“In general, I feel if you can't say it clearly you don't understand it yourself.”

“If you can't explain it to a six year old, you don't understand it yourself.”

“Don't ever put yourself in that position again, do you understand me?I can't promise that, I whispered quietly. I'd rather do it than lose you. Don't you understand how important you are to me?”

“The generalizing writer is like the passionate drunk, stumbling into your house mumbling: I know I'm not being clear, exactly, but don't you kind of feel what I'm feeling?”

“If you don't understand yourself you don't understand anybody else.”

“How do you know it's true if you don't believe in it?""I...huh?""How can you understand something you don't believe in?""Shin, that doesn't make any sense. That's like saying you can't understand leprechauns unless you believe in them.""Do you understand leprechauns?""I don't believe in them.""There you go.”