The missing piece in his stomach hurt so much-and eventually he stopped thinking about the Theorem and wondered only how something that isn't there can hurt you.

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.

The world may be broken, but hope is not crazy.

She walks lightly, old man. She walks lightly upon the earth.

I don't know where people got the idea that characters in books are supposed to be likable. Books are not in the business of creating merely likeable characters with whom you can have some simple identification with. Books are in the business of creating great stories that make you're brain go ahhbdgbdmerhbergurhbudgerbudbaaarr.

To be abandoned like that! Shut out when you most need to be loved.

Here's to all the places we went. And all the places we'll go. And here's to me, whispering again and again and again and again: iloveyou