“There is a certain type of conversation one hears only when one is drunk and it is like a dream, full of humor and threat and significance, deep significance.”

“Talking to them was like being placed into conversational purgatory, with no hope of being released without significant damage to one's self-esteem.”

“She entered a state where prayer and poetry became one and the everyday world seemed full of holiness and significance.”

“The most significant conversations of our lives occur in silence.”

“They conceive a certain theory, and everything has to fit into that theory. If one little fact will not fit it, they throw it aside. But it is always the facts that will not fit in that are significant.”

“When you wake up from a dream you have only a few precious moments before the details of the dream begin to dissipate and the memory fades.Not all dreams are significant or worth remembering.But the ones that are . . . happen again.So, wait for the dream to return. And never be afraid. Instead, consider it an opportunity to learn something profound and possibly wondrous about yourself.”