“Some of my old memories feel trapped in amber in my brain, lucid and burning, while others are like the wing beat of a hummingbird, an intangible, ephemeral blur.”

“We humans are different--our brains are built not to fix memories in stone but rather to transform them. Our recollections change in their retelling.”

“We children of schizophrenics are the great secret keepers, the ones who don't want you to think that anything is wrong.”

“I felt held hostage by her illness and by the backward mental health system that once again was incapable of helping our family in crisis.”

“He [Nicolaus Steno] told the audience, "Beautiful is what we see. More beautiful is what we understand. Most beautiful is what we do not comprehend.”

“Beautiful is what we see. More beautiful is what we understand. Most beautiful is what we do comprehend.”

“A lot of people don't think my brother has a temper. It's like they assume I somehow sucked up the entire quota of "cranky," and now Shaun's perpetually cheery and ready for a challenge while I glower at people from behind my sunglasses and plot the downfall of the Western world.”