“The human body is the most ordinary of things, yet also the most extraordinary.”

“books are the most powerful tool in the human arsenal, that reading all kinds of books, in whatever format you choose - electronic (even though that wasn't for her) or printed, or audio - is the grandest entertainment, and also is how you take part in human conversation.”

“The two most important phrases in the human language are "If only" and "Maybe someday". Our past mistakes and our unrequited longings. The things we regret and the things we yearn for. That's what makes us who we are.”

“Miles to Go Before I Sleep".”

“All memories fade away in the end. Then, only dreams are left. And because they are all we have, we confide our life’s worries to them.”

“I try to be like a forest: revitalizing and constantly growing.”

“The most extraordinary thing in the world is an ordinary man and an ordinary woman and their ordinary children.”