"I think forever is an incorrect concept," I answered. He smirked. "You're an incorrect concept." "I know. That's why I'm being taken out of the rotation".

The only way out of the labyrinth of suffering is to forgive.

It's more impressive," I said out loud. "From a distance, I mean. You can't see the wear on things, you know? You can't see the rust or the weeds or the paint cracking. You see the place as someone once imagined it.

Shouldn't letting go be painless if you've never learned how to hold on?

I've read a lot of bad books. I used to review books for a living, and when you're a reviewer you read tons of terrible books.

When we think of death, we often imagine it as happening in degrees: We think of a sick person becoming less and less alive until finally they are gone.

The real heroes anyway aren't the people doing things; the real heroes are the people NOTICING things, paying attention.