If I kept saying it; if I kept reaching out. My accident really taught me just one thing: the only way to go on is to go on. To say 'I can do this' even when you know you can't.

I still believe in the resilience of the human heart and the essential validity of love;I still believe that connections between people can be made and that the spirits which inhabit us sometimes touch. I still believe that the cost of these connections is horribly, outrageously high... and I still believe that the value received far outweighs the price which must be paid. (From introductory notes.)

The King is in his Tower, eating bread and honey. The Breakers in the basement, making all the money.

Lover," she whispers, and closes her eyes. It falls upon her. Love is like dying.

To me, the greatest thing in the world is downloading TV shows on iTunes because there are no commercials, and yet if I were a working stiff, I could never afford to do this. But I don't even think about money.

We each owe a death, there are no exceptions, I know that, but sometimes, oh God, the Green Mile is so long.

God wiped snot out of his nose and that was you.