“The thing that makes you exceptional, if you are at all, is inevitably that which must also make you lonely.”

“You think because you understand 'one' you must also understand 'two', because one and one make two. But you must also understand 'and'.”

“Anyone who thinks sitting in church can make you a Christian must also think that sitting in a garage can make you a car.”

“Learning, over and over. The work of love will make you bloody and it will make you lonely.”

“There is nothing you can do except try to write it the way that it was. So you must write each day better than you possibly can and use the sorrow that you have now to make you know how the early sorrow came. And you must always remember the things you believed because if you know them they will be there in the writing and you won’t betray them. The writing is the only progress you make.”

“Treasure that which unites you but also cherish your individuality, for these are what make both of you stronger.”