Few people know so clearly what they want. Most people can't even think what to hope for when they throw a penny in a fountain

Libraries are the one American institution you shouldn't rip off

The very least you can do in your life is to figure out what you hope for. And the most you can do is live inside that hope

People's dreams are made out of what they do all day. The same way a dog that runs after rabbits will dream of rabbits. It's what you do that makes your soul, not the other way around

Wars and elections are both too big and too small to matter in the long run. The daily work - that goes on, it adds up

It wasn't a matter of courage or dreams, but something a whole lot simpler. A pilot would call it ground orientation. I'd spent a long time circling above the clouds, looking for life, while Hallie was living it