“As if no one had ever tried before, try to say what you see and feel and love and lose.”

“What's been tried once had been tried once before... and before... and before...”

“Did you ever see an unhappy horse?Did you ever see a bird that had the blues?One reason why birds and hoses are not unhappy is because they are not trying to impress other birds and horses.”

“Like some kind of strange vacuum cleaner I tried to console him. I recited the same old litanies that you say to people when you try to help their broken hearts, but words can't help at all.It's just the sound of another human voice that makes the only difference. There's nothing you're ever going to say that's going to make anybody happy when they're feeling shitty about losing somebody that they love.”

“So, he feels now, that he doesn't have to try. And you want him more than you ever have before.”

“Before you judge a person, try to imagine how you would feel if the same things had happened to you.”