“The hope crashes into reality and people get hurt.”

“Every time a horse let you up onto its back, its giving you its life. Every time.”

“And so, here at the end of days, you are as youve always been. Willing to die. Not willing to quit”

“Thats what getting old is: When you can no longer bear the consequences of being wrong.”

“Good and evil have nothing to do with gods. It has to do with us.”

“Every time a horse let you up onto its back, it’s giving you its life. Every time.”

“I finally know the difference between pleasing and loving, obeying and respecting. It has taken me so many years to be okay with being different, and with being this alive, this intense. (xxvi)”

“Spring passes and one remembers one's innocence.Summer passes and one remembers one's exuberance.Autumn passes and one remembers one's reverence.Winter passes and one remembers one's perseverance.”

“Birthdays could be such a bummer when you were older than the country you lived in.”