“Exactly. How can you know it makes you happy if youve never experienced it?There are different kinds of happy, she said. Some kinds dont need any proof.”

“It had always been the two of them through everything -every adventure and every expedition- and now there was this awful distance between them, and she tried not to think about all the stories the...”

“No matter how long its been or how far youve drifted, no matter how unknowable you might be, there were at least two people in the world whose job it was to see you, to find you, to recognize you a...”

“Childhood memories were like airplane luggage; no matter how far you were traveling or how long you needed them to last, you were only ever allowed two bags”

“Suddenly, it seemed there were about a million times he was supposed to have kissed her, even without the benefit of a script, even without any sort of direction.”

“It was exactly as hed thought it would be, like the first time and the millionth time all at once, like being wide awake, like losing his balance. Only this time, it wasnt just him; this time, they...”

“If you want to be happy, work with all your heart.”

“I do my best thinking at night when everyone else is sleeping. No interruptions. No noise. I like the feeling of being awake when no one else is.”

“I feel like Ive been split open and stuffed with sunshine.”

“Only once in your life, I truly believe, you find someone who can completely turn your world around. You tell them things that youve never shared with another soul and they absorb everything you sa...”

“As he read, I fell in love the way you fall asleep: slowly, and then all at once.”

“I love you without knowing how, or when, or from where. I love you simply, without problems or pride: I love you in this way because I do not know any other way of loving but this, in which there i...”