“I am always surprised to discover that when the world seems darkest, there exists the greatest opportunity for light.”

“...the trouble with poetry is that it encourages the writing of more poetry...”

“To the world, she is formidable. To me? She is the world.”

“People don't buy what you do; they buy why you do it. And what you do simply proves what you believe”

“I want to burn the world because Alan is gone," he said. "I want to destroy everything I see. But you mean something to me. I will not destroy the world, because it has you in it.”

“The dead aren't the only ones who vanish: you, too, can disappear in plain sight if enough is taken from you. I was still missing, in many ways. And I wasn't sure I wanted to be found.”

“Some people are born with family, and others have to make family.”

“The only thing you'll find on the summit of Mount Everest is a divine view. The things that really matter lie far below.”