I didn't realize then that so much of being adult is reconciling ourselves with the awkwardness and strangeness of our own feelings. Youth is the time of life lived for some imaginary audience

We are all of us born with a letter inside us, and that only if we are true to ourselves, may we be allowed to read it before we die.

The heart of a man is like deep water

I think individual people are interesting, not really groups of people.

Below a certain point, if you keep too quiet, people no longer see you as thoughtful or deep; they simply forget you.

And then sometimes I think the people to feel saddest for are people who once knew what profoundness was, but who lost or became numb to the sensation of wonder – people who closed the doors that leads us into the secret world – or who had the doors closed for them by time and neglect and decisions made in times of weakness.

You know, I think the people I feel saddest for are the ones who once knew what profoundness was, but who lost or became numb to the sensation of wonder, who felt their emotions floating away and just didn't care. I guess that's what's scariest: not caring about the loss.