Alice: I miss myself. John: I miss you too, Ali, so much.

I smile, loving him for changing with me, for going where my Neglect has taken us, for getting the new me.

The well-being of a neuron depends on its ability to communicate with other neurons. Studies have shown that electrical and chemical stimulation from both a neuron's inputs and its targets support vital cellular processes. Neurons unable to connect effectively with other neurons atrophy. Useless, an abandoned neuron will die.

... just because [butterflies'] lives were short didn't mean they were tragic... See, they have a beautiful life.

I decide I'm not dead because I can hear the sound of the rain hitting the roof of the car. I'm alive because I'm listening to the rain, and the rain becomes the hand of God strumming his fingers on the roof, deciding what to do.

She read it again. It was fascinating and surreal, like reading a diary that had been hers when she was a teenager, secret and heartfelt words written by a girl she only vaguely remembered. She wished she'd written more. Her words mad her feel sad and proud, powerful and relieved." p 272

But I am not what I say or what I do or what I remember. I am fundamentally more than that.