“Stupid dreams. Even the good ones are bad, because they remind you how poorly reality measures up.”

“Good thing about bad rubbish is you can make the stench go away just by covering it up. It never comes back as long as you keep a tight lid on it.”

“Dreams can twist your emotions like no reality can.”

“No," says Ariana. "It was a dream. Reality got in the way, that's all.”

“Sure, when you're in the midst of your own suffering, it's easy to convince yourself that you're no good—but we are all tested in this life...The measure of a man is not how much he suffers in the test, but how he comes out at the end.”

“The measure of a man is not how much he suffers in the test, but how he comes out at the end.”

“In short, there are mysteries of science and of soul that will never be understood no matter how hard we measure, no matter how strongly we believe, no matter how deep our think tanks and how high our aspirations. But as anyone will tell you—for we all know this within our hearts—the impossible happens and grand cosmic mysteries are solved on a regular basis, although most of the time the solutions lead to even greater mysteries.”