“Great books are the ones that are urgent, life-changing, the ones that crack open the reader’s skull and heart.”
“Long-standing togetherness writes permanent changes into a brain's open book. In a relationship, one mind revises another; one heart changes its partner. (144)”
“One of the great constants in life is change.”
“One last Rule of Life: When your heart is cracked open with grief and sorrow, look for that soft light somewhere you don’t expect to find it. Trust it. Love makes heroes of us all.”
“Change, when it comes, cracks everything open.”
“One new perception, one fresh thought, one act of surrender, one change of heart, one leap of faith, can change your life forever.”