But common sense has no place in first love and never has.

You're not going to fix things by helping 65-year-olds or 75-year-olds for any long run.

What she mostly wanted, he learned, was the same thing many people want--someone to notice she was there.

We’re gonna make up for that. We’re gonna live a long time together.

In the beginning of life, when we are infants, we need others to survive, right? And at the end of life, when you get like me, you need others to survive, right?’ His voice dropped to a whisper. ‘But here’s the secret: in between, we need others as well.

It's the thinking that gets you killed.

It's like going back to being a child again. Someone to bathe you. Someone to lift you. Someone to wipe you. We all know how to be a child. It's inside all of us. For me, It's just remembering how to enjoy it.