“Sometimes I think people take reality for granted.”

“I am real. Thishe put his other hand over the first-is real. You see me interacting with other people all day long, dont you? I talk to people; I affect things in the world. I cause things to happe...”

“If nothings real, then what does it matter? he said. You live here. Doesnt that make it real enough?”

“Did you meet your soul mate? That always happens on the first day of school, right?''Oh God, Charlie, she's letting you read again! You went straight to the paranormal section, didn't you?”

“I was the big sister. I was supposed to set and example and lead the way so people would say, 'Hey, you're Alex's sister, aren't you? You two look exactly alike!' instead of 'Hey, you're Alex's sis...”

“It kind of felt like she was kicking me in the gut, and every kick”

“You have killed my love. You used to stir my imagination. Now you don't even stir my curiosity. You simply produce no effect. I loved you because you were marvelous, because you had genius and inte...”

“Intelligence minus purpose equals stupidity.”

“But spontaneity is not by any means a blind, disorderly urge, a mere power of caprice. A philosophy restricted to the alternatives of conventional language has no way of conceiving an intelligence ...”