“All is one and all is different.”

“No one is ever quite ready; everyone is always caught off guard. Parenthood chooses you. And you open your eyes, look at what you've got, say "Oh, my gosh," and recognize that of all the balls there ever were, this is the one you should not drop. It's not a question of choice.”

“Whatever word you use to describe diving into the deepest part of a human. Take your pick; they're all woefully inadequate, but they're also all we have.”

“Everything turned on the word "we", a synonym for love, the thing that saves us all.”

“Since you left there's been a you-shaped space beside me, all the time. It never goes away.”

“People in love feel that way all the time, like they don't know what they've done to deserve each other.”

“It's a well-known fact. All women are clinically insane, but especially ballet dancers. Psycho. extremely psycho. Trust me.”