All I want is not to die on a day when I went unseen.

...we take comfort in the symmetries we find in life because they suggest a design where there is none.

Once upon a time there was a boy who loved a girl, and her laughter was a question he wanted to spend his whole life answering.

there are two types of people in the world: those who prefer to be sad among others, and those who prefer to be sad alone.

What about you? Are you happiest and saddest right now that you've ever been?" "Of course I am." "Why?" "Because nothing makes me happier and nothing makes me sadder than you.

She struggled with her sadness, but tried to conceal it, to divide it into smaller and smaller parts and scatter these in places she thought no one would find them.

To hike out alone in the desert; to sleep on the valley floor on a night with no moon, in the pitch black, just listening to the boom of silence: you can't imagine what that's like.

That's what I do. Watch movies and read. Sometimes I even pretend to write, but I'm not fooling anyone. Oh, and I go to the mailbox.

When will you learn that there isn't a word for everything?

I've reached the age where bruises are formed from failures within rather than accidents without.

So many words get lost. They leave the mouthand lose their courage, wandering aimlessly until they are swept into the gutter like dead leaves. On rainy days you can hear their chorus rushing past.

We may not live for hundreds of years, but the products of our creativity can leave a legacy long after we are gone.

Psychology keeps trying to vindicate human nature. History keeps undermining the effort.

Avoid people who say they know the answer. Keep the company of people who are trying to understand the question.

The basic drive behind real philosophy is curiosity about the world, not interest in the writings of philosophers.

Deja vu, tell you what I'm gonna do, when they reminisce over you, my God.

We don't require luck," said Will, "we have a heavenly mandate, after all. With God on your side, what does luck matter?

I ain't got much education, but I got some sense.

And the leaves were telling secrets to the wind.

Friendship must never be buried under the weight of misunderstanding.

I don't think a married couple can go through life without laughs together any more than they can without tears.