“The future was one thing that could never be broken, because it had not yet had the chance to be anything.”

“You only really fall apart in front of the people you know can piece you back together.”

“We were there, together, and in the next room I could hear that monitor beeping. Keeping track of another hearts beat and giving enduring, solid proof of our own.”

“I was used to being invisible. People rarely saw me, and if they did, they never looked close. I wasn't shiny and charming like my brother, stunning and graceful like my mother, or smart and dynami...”

“He had a nice smile. Seeing it, I felt like Id won a prize, because he was so sparing with them.”

“You always think you want to be noticed. Until you are.”

“Over time, a commitment to challenging, focused work and leisure produces not only better daily experience, but also a more complex, interesting person: the long-range benefit of the focused life. ...”

“Attention is the beginning of devotion.”

“You dont have to worry about getting the attention of others when youre good at what you do.”

“Holding people away from you, and denying yourself love, that doesn't make you strong. if anything, it makes you weaker. Because you're doing it out of fear.”