“The stage is a magic circle where only the most real things happen, a neutral territory outside the jurisdiction of Fate where stars may be crossed with impunity. A truer and more real place does not exist in all the universe.”

“We all look. The lucky find.”

“This is what they don’t tell you about losing someone: It doesn’t happen once. It happens every day, every moment they’re missing from. You lose them a hundred times between waking and sleep, and even sleep is no respite, because you lose them in your dreams, too.”

“I thought at times that poetry might be an elegant way of screaming.”

“It was all absurd, without reason or meaning. People who didn't know each other were going to kill each other over a hill none of them cared about”

“Forgiveness has its comforts, but it can never give you back what you've lost.”

“You've got to love yourself with all your short comings, and you've got to love the world no matter how bad it gets.”

“I have realized that whatever good comes to me, comes from God, whatever bad comes to me, God has allowed it, and I choose to be thankful for both.”