“Abandoning a task that is futile and pointless is not giving up.”

“Whatever task you're set, find some way to love it. Sunny wondered if Josiah's words applied to standing with a face of stone so the person in front of her wouldn't know how much she wanted to scream.”

“My head's filled up with all the reasons it won't work. And I keep running the figures, over and over, but I can't seem to come up with an answer.”

“I had no words to give him. No explanation. I didn’t understand it, myself. It scared me, but then so do roller coasters, and I ride them anyway, too.”

“But the problem with looking back when you should be walking ahead is that you usually end up walking into something that hurts.”

“Does madness bring creativity? Or does creativity cause madness? Can an artist create without the ups so high and the downs so low?”

“I won't say it's okay, because it's not. If you want to break up with me, Elle, then do it. But I'm not going to make it easy for you.”