My worries always lead to dungeons; I can't imagine a worse thing than to be imprisoned for the rest of one's life, especially with so few years to enjoy what little there is.

Even things that aren't broken can be fixed.

I like the idea of something greater than us. We destroy things with our curiosity. We shatter with our best intentions. We are no closer to perfection than we were one hundred years ago, or five hundred.

Life is much different from the days when there were lilies in my mother’s garden, and all my secrets fit into a paper cup.

Kettle thingies. Yum.

I had this feeling like the solution to everything would be down there if only I could dig through all those clouds.

Bet you never eat, he says. Bet you drink up the oxygen like it's butter. Bet you can go for days on nothing but thoughts.