“People react predictably, especially when they don't have time to think.”

“People blush when one of their core truths is revealed.”

“The bad things don't seem to happen to bad people.'That's because they already did. There's no original evil left in the world.”

“...Some people hurt so much they can't take what they need, even when someone wants to give it to them. (106)”

“When people can do something simple to avoid conflict--say, hit a button or unlock a latch--they'll generally do it.”

“You've got to think of every talent you have, every gift you could give the world around you. And you've got to take the chance of giving it. (246)”

“...the horrific fact that our lives and those of the people we love are impermanent and exquisitely fragile, that any of us can cease to exist without warning, that loving anyone, anywhere, at any time, leaves you infinitely vulnerable at every single moment. (20)”