“Of all forms of caution, caution in love is perhaps the most fatal to true happiness.”

“But in a solitary life, there are rare moments when another soul dips near yours, as stars once a year brush the earth. Such a constellation was he to me.”

“For what it’s worth: it’s never too late or, in my case, too early to be whoever you want to be. There’s no time limit, stop whenever you want. You can change or stay the same, there are no rules to this thing. We can make the best or the worst of it. I hope you make the best of it. And I hope you see things that startle you. I hope you feel things you never felt before. I hope you meet people with a different point of view. I hope you live a life you’re proud of. If you find that you’re not, I hope you have the courage to start all over again.”

“If there's one thing I've learned, it's this: We all want everything to be okay. We don't even wish so much for fantastic or marvelous or outstanding. We will happily settle for okay, because most of the time, okay is enough.”

“I lived in books more than I lived anywhere else.”

“The greater the love, the greater the tragedy when it's over.”

“I bet you could sometimes find all the mysteries of the universe in someone's hand.”

“If there's a single lesson that life teaches us, it's that wishing doesn't make it so.”