Progress was a labyrinth ... people plunging blindly in and then rushing wildly back, shouting that they had found it ... the invisible king-the élan vital-the principle of evolution ... writing a book, starting a war, founding a school.

I used to build dreams about you.

Before you criticize others, remember, they may not have had the same opportunities in life as you have had

...for a moment people set down their glasses in county clubs and speak-easies and thought of their old best dreams.

There are no second acts in American lives.

I want to tell you about your heart— you've probably been neglecting your heart—and you don’t know.

And in the end, we were all just humans...Drunk on the idea that love, only love, could heal our brokenness.