Good books put a finger on emotions that are deeply our own - but that we could never have described on our own.

The finest proof of our loyalty toward one another was our monstrous disloyalties towards everyone else.

.. if you asked most people whether they believed in love or not, they’d probably say they didn’t. Yet that’s not necessarily what they truly think. It’s just the way they defend themselves against what they want. They believe in it, but pretend they don’t until they’re allowed to. Most people would throw away all their cynicism if they could. The majority just never gets the chance.

Only as we mature does affection begin to depend on achievement.

I went to church and couldn't swallow it. The music was nice but I don't belong there.

Most of what makes a book 'good' is that we are reading it at the right moment for us.

Mental health: having enough safe places in your mind for your thoughts to settle.