“Everyone has his burden; what counts is how you carry it.”

“She is a friend of my mind… The pieces I am, she gather them and give them back to me in all the right order.”

“I cannot believe that the inscrutable universe turns on an axis of suffering; surely the strange beauty of the world must somewhere rest on pure joy!”

“Love isn’t a decision. It’s a feeling. If we could decide who we loved, it would be much simpler, but much less magical.”

“In the field of observation, chance favors only the prepared mind. “

“Gravity. It keeps you rooted to the ground. In space, there’s not any gravity. You just kind of leave your feet and go floating around. Is that what being in love is like?”