Still, I couldn't help but wonder if it was a mistake for people like us to be tied to a place. If we weren't meant to be ready and willing to wander. If everything we needed was contained in who we were. And what we remember.

Hearts were made for being broken. There's really no way around it if you want to be a human being.

What did you see?' he asked then. Nothing,' I told him. 'Because nothing is what you wanted me to see, though the man on the table might disagree.

Feel lucky for what you have when you have it. Isn't that the point? Happily ever after doesn't mean happy forever.

Even in times when it's difficult to figure out, how do you go forward, art - and books - always help

I wonder how a lioness will manage in a dovecote. Can you put away your teeth and claws?

He wanted pain, I saw that in him, and what a man wants he will often manage to find.