“Well, you know, sometimes we're hardest on the people we know we can count on not to ditch us no matter how lousy we act.”

“Sometimes people surprise us. People we believe we know.”

“Without heroes we're all plain people and don't know how far we can go.”

“And what makes us human is that sometimes we snap. And in that moment of release we're closer to gods than we know.”

“We help other people because we can, or because it makes us feel good, not because we're counting on some future payback. There is a word for this; love.”

“How do we know we're not people in a movie?' she asked.I looked at her not knowing how to reply.Mama, [...] how do we know that things are real?'Great. Now we have a junior existentialist in the house.Well, we don't know. We just have to hope that what we think is real is real.'But how do we know?' she asked, insistently.Ah, a scientist, who wants empirical evidence.We don't know. We just have to hope.'Mama, how do we know things aren't a dream? You know, how sometimes life feels like a dream? Do you ever feel that way?'Yes, sweetie, I feel that way all the time.”