“Compassion is born from the imagination. To have the desire to be compassionate, you have to imagine a world that’s better than the one you live in.”

“It'll always be you and me Krys. No matter what." That's better than I love you, better than I miss you or I'm sorry. Why? Because it says that no matter how dumb and spoiled I act or how misunderstood she is, that we'll be together.”

“The soul without imagination is what an observatory would be without a telescope.”

“It's easier to go down a hill than up it but the view is much better at the top.”

“A visible shiver ran through Arthur. "Can you imagine letting him touch you? Be like kissing a snake that'd been dipped in snot.""Oh, now there's a mental image." Eric wrinkled his nose. "You have such a talent for description.”

“We should not judge people by their peak of excellence; but by the distance they have traveled from the point where they started.”

“There's nothing so magnificent - for making others feel you - as to have no imagination.”