"I want an infinitely blank book and the rest of time......why didn't I learn to treat everything like it was the last time, my greatest regret is how much I believed in the future."
"It has shown me that everything is illuminated in the light of the past. It is always along the side of us...on the inside, looking out."
"You cannot protect yourself from sadness without protecting yourself from happiness."
"I'm sorry for my inability to let unimportant things go, for my inability to hold on to the important things."
"Writing's funny, it's like walking down a hall in the dark looking for the light switch, and suddenly you find it, flip it on, and then you discover the hallway you passed through is papered with the novel you've written."
"Time was passing like a hand waving from a train I wanted to be on. I hope you never have to think about anything as much as I think about you."