“I'll never forget Jonah's face. A light poured out of him and became the spirit of the room, like a genie released from a bottle after centuries of darkness.”
“I'll never forget you. I'll never forget your voice or your face or your dumb jokes. And i'll never forget your love.”
“He was like a bottle and music was the wine.... She liked to be near him when it poured.”
“Think of people like bottles full of a liquid inside but without labels; smell the bottle, pour out what is inside and study it carefully. Never mind the labels; pretend that they don’t exist! Labels are misleading!”
“Think about this: in all the stories I've ever heard, genies always want to get out of the bottle. And they do get out, sooner or later.”
“Following the Noble Path is like entering a dark room with a light in the hand; the darkness will all be cleared away, and the room will be filled with light.”