“There never was a story that was happy through and through.”

“Secondly, I continued my education in a more important way, through the observation of everyone around me, because nothing is more important to learn in life than the interaction of a human being with another human being.”

“A story has its purpose and its path. It must be told correctly for it to be understood.”

“Eric Seven does not believe in love at first sight.He corrects himself.Even in that moment, the moment that it happens, he fees his journalist’s brain make a correction, rubbing out a long-held belief, writing a new one in its place.He did not believe in love at first sight. He thinks he might do so now.”

“If I were dead, I wouldn't be sad, and I wouldn't be glad, because I wouldn't be.”

“They said something funny. They said, 'Even God leaves on the last boat from Nome.' What does that mean?”

“The first thought was this: that he was a foolish old man, because all his life he'd been looking for something and it was only when Anna joined him in the bar that evening that he realized that home is not something you find outside yourself; home is something you carry inside you, and it's made from the memories of the people you love, and the people who have loved you.”