“We writers are resilient souls.”

“We are stronger than we've credited ourselves to be. We have been the victims and the witnesses. We have said a lifetime of good-byes.”

“Sometimes we don't know how afraid we are until we've reached a strange door and we don't know what will be on the other side.”

“Maybe it is desperation. Maybe we can't let things fall apart without trying. We can't let go of the people we love.”

“I like the idea of something greater than us. We destroy things with our curiosity. We shatter with our best intentions. We are no closer to perfection than we were one hundred years ago, or five hundred.”

“We destroy things with our curiosity. We shatter with our best intentions”

“We hope for things we may not get to see, and we hold on with both hands because it's one of the few things that can't be stolen from us.”