Is it possible, in the final analysis, for one human being to achieve perfect understanding of another? We can invest enormous time and energy in serious efforts to know another person, but in the end, how close can we come to that person's essence? We convince ourselves that we know the other person well, but do we really know anything important about anyone?

There are lots of things we never understand, no matter how many years we put on, no matter how much experience we accumulate.

Say it before you run out of time. Say it before it's too late. Say what you're feeling. Waiting is a mistake.

Irrepressible curiosity vied with an instinctive fear.

And her sleep was too long and deep for that:so deep that she left her normal reality behind.

Learning another language is like becoming another person.

It's a question of attitude. If you really work at something you can do it up to a point. If you really work at being happy you can do it up to a point. But anything more than that you can't. Anything more than that is luck.