“It is a curious thing, the death of a loved one. We all know that our time in this world is limited, and that eventually all of us will end up underneath some sheet, never to wake up. And yet it is always a surprise when it happens to someone we know. It is like walking up the stairs to your bedroom in the dark, and thinking there is one more stair than there is. Your foot falls down, through the air, and there is a sickly moment of dark surprise as you try and readjust the way you thought of things.”

“There are two motives for reading a book; one, that you enjoy it; the other, that you can boast about it.”

“There is a theory which states that if ever anyone discovers exactly what the Universe is for and why it is here, it will instantly disappear and be replaced by something even more bizarre and inexplicable.

There is another theory which states that this has already happened.”

“And the day came when the risk to remain tight in a bud was more painful than the risk it took to blossom.”

“The flower that blooms in adversity is the rarest and most beautiful of all.”

“The mind is its own place, and in itself can make a heaven of hell, a hell of heaven..”

“Do not let your fire go out, spark by irreplaceable spark in the hopeless swamps of the not-quite, the not-yet, and the not-at-all. Do not let the hero in your soul perish in lonely frustration for the life you deserved and have never been able to reach. The world you desire can be won. It exists.. it is real.. it is possible.. it’s yours.”

“In the end, we will remember not the words of our enemies, but the silence of our friends.”

“Talent hits a target no one else can hit. Genius hits a target no one else can see.”

“Give a girl the right shoes, and she can conquer the world.”