“I want to draw you. All of you.' Then I pause. 'That came out wrong-you can keep your clothes on.”

“I think I kind of get it," I say. "Your Wanderlove thing.""Oh Yeah?""It's about always looking toward the future. You can appreciate the good things all around you, but the best part is imminent, just out of reach. Like... perpetual anticipation.”

“When you're three, you don't draw what you see--you draw upon your imagination. Nobody tells you to stop putting wings on people, unless you have a most unfortunate preschool teacher. You are intoxicated by your own magic.”

“Isn't that what your memory was about, Bria? Losing control?" I pause. "I never knew memories were about anything. Besides the obvious. You make them sound like dreams -- subject to interpretation.""I think the two are more related than we realize. It's all in how our minds frame them. How we decide what -- and how -- we remember.”

“You can appreciate the good things all around you, but the best part is imminent, just out of reach. Like... perpetual anticipation.”

“What you love the most is what you have to fight the hardest to keep.”

“I've come to realize that sometimes, what you love most is what you have to fight the hardest to keep.”