“sometimes when you go looking for what you want, you run right into what you need.”

“This was what could happen to you: you could end up this far from where you thought you were going.”

“If you risked love, it took you wherever you wanted to go. If you repressed it, you ended up unhappy.”

“God, that’s always the thing you have to decide with high school kids: what to make an issue of, what to let go.”

“The seeker embarks on a journey to find what he wants and discovers, along the way, what he needs.”

“Take what people give you. Drink their milkshakes.”

“You know what 'Dolores' means? It's Latin, means sadness. Our Lady of Sorrow. Why are you so sad?”