Stories make us more alive, more human, more courageous, more loving.

Love is the one surprise.

The minute we begin to think we have all the answers, we forget the questions.

That's the way things come clear. All of a sudden. And then you realize how obvious they've been all along.

We think because we have words, not the other way around. The more words we have, the better able we are to think conceptually.

Meg, when people don't know who they are, they are open either to being Xed, or Named

An infinite question is often destroyed by finite answers. To define everything is to annihilate much that gives us laughter and joy... If I try self-consciously to become a person, I will never be one. The most real people, those who are able to forget their selfish selves, who have true compassion, are usually the most distinct individuals