“Shakespeare can show us what we are like at moments when we cannot see ourselves.”

“The problem of love lies in the way we woo.”

“Love is both wonderful and foolish.”

“We make our own monsters, then fear them for what they show us about ourselves.”

“..That's where we humans make a mistake. We don't see the utterly amazing when it comes to us disguised as the ordinary.”

“Time, which is so often an enemy in life, can also become our ally if we see how a pale moment can lead to a glowing moment, and then turn to a moment of perfect transparency, before dropping again to a moment of everyday simplicity.”

“We have outsmarted ourselves, like greedy monkeys, and now we are full of dread.”