“I wanted only a familiar voice, someone who knew me. Not some earlier, larval version of myself. . .”

“The story of my family. . .changes with the teller.”

“The human heart: its expansions and contractions its electrics and hydraulics the warm tides that move and fill it. For years Art had studied it from a safe distance from many perspectives...he lis...”

“But his singing was unconscious and irrepressible - an expression of his native exuberance, the dreamy, buoyant soundtrack running through his head.”

“Some people don't understand the promises they're making when they make them," I said."Right, of course. But you keep the promise anyway. That's what love is. Love is keeping the promise anyway.”

“I think if I've learned anything about friendship, it's to hang in, stay connected, fight for them, and let them fight for you. Don't walk away, don't be distracted, don't be too busy or tired, don...”

“And now these three remain: faith, hope and love. But the greatest of these is love.”

“Memories, good and bad, can be used to help us heal if we dont let ourselves be mired down in them.”

“There was no mistaking her daughter's handwriting. And the words... "If you're reading this, I'm already dead.”

“Memories, good and bad, can be used to help us heal if we don’t let ourselves be mired down in them.”