“The key to a happy life is to have accomplishments to be proud of and purpose to look forward to, and at the moment I had both. How wonderful it was to be me.”

“I know family comes first, but shouldn't that mean after breakfast?”

“There are still very few laws against thinking, although I am sure they're working hard on that in Washington.”

“I had become a perfect fake human, saying the stupid and pointless things that humans say to each other all day long.”

“When faced with people who have very limited conversational skills and no apparent desire to cultivate any it's always easier to simply go along.”

“It really is better to be lucky than to be good.”

“I hug him tightly. I cant imagine my life without you, Christian. I love you so much it frightens me. Me, too, he breathes. My life would be empty without you. I love you so much.”

“Among my stillness was a pounding heart.”

“I take my hand back, like a leaf letting go. It hurts too much to hang on. So why does it hurt so much to let go?”

“Not like this. He wanted it to be real.”

“I feel like a big faker because I've been putting my life back together, and nobody knows.”

“Ive perfected the art of the fake smile. Its not so difficult when you are completely numb.”

“We are human only in contact, and conviviality, with what is not human.”

“The problem is this: nature has assembled all these species on this planet. The human species is no more important than any other species on this planet. For some reason, man accorded himself a sup...”

“More than the disappearing trees and roses, its the human tendency to suppress the Natural Voice of the Natures Man which is sorrowful.”