“Sometimes life is a series of obstacles, a matter of putting one foot in front of the other. Sometimes, she realizes suddenly, it is simply a matter of blind faith.”

“Find a nice, self sufficient hilltop, and fortify it.”

“He is the playfulness of creation, scandal and utter goodness, the generosity of the ocean and the ferocity of a thunderstorm; he is cunning as a snake and gentle as a whisper; the gladness of sunshine and the humility of a thirty-mile walk by foot on a dirt road.”

“We tell ourselves stories in order to live.”

“I’m a morning person and a night person. So I have to be a nap person, or else I’m a tired person.”

“Sorry," she said. "I have a psychological disorder that prevents me from keeping thoughts inside my head where they belong. ”

“Home isn't a place. Home is the people who love you. Forever and ever, no matter what.”

“I understand I can’t have you. But I want to know you’re in the world with me.”