Old things are better than new things, because they've got stories in them, Ethan.

I have been bent and broken, but - I hope - into a better shape.

Mortals. I envy you. You think you can change things. Stop the universe. Undo what was done long before you came along. You are such beautiful creatures.

The right thing and the easy thing are never the same.

Knowing you don't have much time left changes things. You get kind of philosophical. And you figure things out-more like, they figure themselves out-and everything gets real clear.

There are no coincidences.

Because saving the people you love isn't stupid. It isn't even a choice

Who can judge the judge?

I'll love you until the day after forever.

It almost felt like she was sucking it all out of me, like she sucked on that sticky red lollipop, the one she kept licking as she drove.

the whole way down, I was only thinking one thing . . . L E N A

If you catch yourself wondering why you want more of the world and you're not satisfied with God, it's because you have a spiritual problem.

No man wants to marry, Finnula. There are just some women they can’t have any other way, and so it is a sacrifice willingly made in order to attain a particularly choice—

I think everyone fails, but there are so many kinds of failure.

Stick to now. Put right the things you can put right today, and let the ones from back then go. Leave the rest to the angels, or the devil or whoever's in charge of it.

Old age robs you of every last illusion, even the belief in your own goodness.

My mom FedExes a red velvet cake she makes from scratch to me every birthday.

Alienation and loneliness plant the seeds for rebellion and consciousness.

The law of the heart is thus the same as the law of muscular tissue generally, that the energy of contraction, however measured, is a function of the length of the muscle fibre.

This life has been given to you for repentance; do not waste it in vain pursuits.

Whenever I can afford to do something, I do it.