“Just like there's always time for pain, there's always time for healing.”

“I had to deny knowledge in order to make room for faith.”

“Love is a striking example of how little reality means to us.”

“When you cut pieces out of the truth to avoid looking like a fool you end up looking like a moron instead.”

“Do you want to know why men name their penis? So the most important decisions in their life aren't made by a stranger.”

“That's how you know you love someone, I guess, when you can't experience anything without wishing the other person were there to see it, too.”

“I have amazing news for you. Man is not alone on this planet. He is part of a community, upon which he depends absolutely.”

“Besides the alternate universe offered by a book, the quiet space of a museum was my favorite place to go. My mom said I was an escapist at heart . . . that I preferred imaginary worlds to the real one. It’s true that I’ve always been able to yank myself out of this world and plunge myself into another.”