For an adult, eating alone at McDonald's is admitting a kind of defeat.

There's almost always a point in a book where something happens that triggers the rest of the plot.

The only two important things in life are real love and being at peace with yourself.

Salzburg... is a mountain town with a rushing river running right through the center, everything in the rain various shades of green and brown.

Everyone coming out of a perfume store is smelling the back of their hand.

Kids own nothing. Everything is either promised, borrowed, longed for or exaggerated.

Real love is always chaotic. You lose control; you lose perspective. You lose the ability to protect yourself. The greater the love, the greater the chaos. It’s a given and that’s the secret.