Great love endures time, heartache, and distance. And even when all seems lost, true love lives on.

What is childhood without stories? And how will children fall in love with stories without bookstores? You can't get that from a computer.

The stars have their own language, you know. If you're careful, you can learn it.

I'm no longer willing to let myself down.

We're each given one life, and it's our job to make it useful, beautiful, and fulfilling. There is no value in suffering through it, doing something we hate. There's no prize at the end for that kind of endurance. Just a spent life.

The definition of a true friend is not someone who swoops in when you're going through a rough patch. True friendship is when someone can appreciate your happiness - celebrate your happiness, even when she's not necessarily happy herself.

You know, things fall apart. You grieve. And then you sit around and wait for things to somehow get perfect again. But they don’t. They never can. There is no perfect. There’s just different. But different can be wonderful.