We [Americans] are game-playing, fun-loving creatures; we are the otters of the universe.

A moment later Jonathan's body wavered in the air, shimmering, and began to go transparent. "Don't let them spread silly rumors about me, or make me a god. O.K., Fletch? I'm a seagull. I like to fly, maybe...

What a delighted fascination it is, to stand aside and watch our dearest friend perform on stage without us.

Jonathan is that brilliant little fire that burns within us all, that lives only for those moments when we reach perfection.

Life does not listen to your logic; it goes on its own way, undisturbed. You have to listen to life.

That’s what learning is, after all; not whether we lose the game, but how we lose and how we’ve changed because of it, and what we take away from it that we never had before, to apply to other games. Losing, in a curious way is winning.

The worst lies are the lies we tell ourselves. We live in denial of what we do, even what we think. We do this because we're afraid.We fear we will not find love,and when we find it we fear we'll lose it. We fear that if we don't have love we will be unhappy.