We gained control of many things. But we had to let go of others.

The mind can’t explain it, and you can’t make it go away. It’s called love.

It be better, I think, to climb out in search of something, instead of hating, what you're leaving.

There's much more. There's all that goes beyond – all ... that is Elsewhere – and all that goes back, and back, and back. I received all of those, when I was selected. And here in this room, all alone, I re-experience them again and again. It is how wisdom comes. And how we shape our future.

Fear dims when you learn things.

Time goes on, and your life is still there, and you have to live it. After a while you remember the good things more often than the bad. Then, gradually, the empty silent parts of you fill up with sounds of talking and laughter again, and the jagged edges of sadness are softened by memories.

It's hard to give up the being together with someone.