“Doing nothing can sometimes be the most effective form of action.”

“When in doubt, blame the dark elves.”

“The garden of sarcasm is watered with impatience, and mine chose that moment to bloom.”

“Busyness does not mean you are a faithful or fruitful Christian. It only means you are busy, just like everyone else. And like everyone else, your joy, your heart and your soul are in danger.”

“But in the early 1970s, we were not birdwatching. We were birding, and that made all the difference. We were out to seek, to discover, to chase, to learn, to find as many different kinds of birds as possible — and, in friendly competition, to try to find more of them than the next birder. We became a community of birders, with the complications that human societies always have; and although it was the birds that had brought us together, our story became a human story after all.”

“No one expects perfection, except when they do, which is always.”

“You can ignore me, Rachel, and you can try to treat me as a friend, but none of that will erase the fact that I think about kissing you every second I’m awake and dream at night of my hands on your body. And it sure as hell won’t erase that I’m terrified by how much I like you.”

“Life is only bearable because time makes you forget everything. But life is worthwhile because love makes you remember everything.”