"This is one more piece of advice I have for you: don't get impatient. Even if things are so tangled up you can't do anything, don't get desperate or blow a fuse and start yanking on one particular thread before it's ready to come undone. You have to realize it's going to be along process and that you'll work on things slowly, one at a time."
"Everything was too sharp and clear, so that I could never tell where to start- the way a map that shows too much can sometimes be useless."
"I have a million things to talk to you about. All I want in this world is you. I want to see you and talk. I want the two of us to begin everything from the beginning."
"Life doesn't require ideals. It requires standards of action."
"With my eyes closed, I would touch a familiar book and draw its fragrance deep inside me. This was enough to make me happy."
"It just happens to be the way that I'm made. I have to write things down to feel I fully comprehend them."