I have the most charmed, most - I feel entirely blessed and lucky that I have the life that I have.

She likes the people with the endurance to tolerate the drudge, the ones who know that pain is a requirement, not a curse.

He said to me once that most of the time people use the word love as just another way to show off they're hungry. The way he said it went something like: Glorify their appetites.

The real beauty in life is that beauty can sometimes occur.

The point of flight. To get rid of oneself. That was reason enough to fly.

There are no days more full than those we go back to.

Goodness was more difficult than evil. Evil men knew that more than good men. That's why they became evil. That's why it stuck with them. Evil was for those who could never reach the truth. It was a mask for stupidity and lack of love. Even if people laughed at the notion of goodness, if they found it sentimental, or nostalgic, it didn't matter -- it was none of those things, he said, and it had to be fought for.