“I think it’s better not to know certain things. It gives the world an extra bit of mystery, which is important to us as human beings.” – pg. 14
“You have infinite time here, and there are infinite things to do, but you still don’t end up doing much of it. You do what you love most, over and over.” – pg. 25
“I told them I stopped because I was turning love into an accomplishment, and he was turning accomplishment into love, and neither of those things would ever quite be the other.” – pg. 57
“In my opinion, there are two types of perfect. The first is the type that seems so obvious and intuitive to you and everyone else that in a perfect world it would simply be considered standard; but, in reality, in our flawed world, what should be considered standard is actually so rare that it has to be elevated to the level of, ‘perfect.’ […] The other type of perfect is the type you never could have expected, and then could never replicate.” – pg. 73
“You meet a finite number of people in your life. It feels to you like it’s infinite, but it’s not. […] You think a million billion more things will come your way, a million billion more versions of everything. But no, everything that actually causes that infinite feeling is so, so finite.” – pg. 84
“People – even good, impressive people – always want something simple and unimpressive.” – pg. 130
“Is love such a strong force that it needs to be obeyed by the people who lie outside it?” – pg. 133
“It’s not always enough to be brave, I realized years later. You have to be brave and contribute something positive, too. Brave on its own is just a party trick.” – pg. 148
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