“Because there is a need to hear one story and to tell another.”

“All we are, all we can be, are the stories we tell," he says, and he is talking as if he is talking only to me. "Long after we are gone, our words will be all that is left, and who is to say what really happened or even what reality is? Our stories, our fiction, our words will be as close to truth as can be. And no one can take that away from you.”

“There are many, many different worlds to live in. And sometimes there is no connection from one to another.”

“But really, if you ask me, there is only one kid of plot. One. Stuff happens. That's it.”

“Boys are not supposed to cry. Because when they do, things get worse. Then suddenly you have two problems. You have whatever it was that made you cry in the first place, and then you also have the problem that you are a boy crying. And someone is bound to let you know this is worse. So now you have two problems. ”

“In fact, being a unique individual is as much of a farce as trying to be like everyone else. Maybe more.”

“It occurred to me that a lot of beauty has to do with believing it yourself. That half of what we see is just the way it is presented.”