"The most fruitful and worthwhile thing I have ever done has been to teach."

“Hello! Your dear father is unfortunately very dead," he called. "And you said my dispersal system would never work!”

“Every single day I want you to be happy and full of joy, just like you make me happy by just passing through my mind.”

“When we cannot bear to be alone, it means we do not properly value the only companion we will have from birth to death-ourselves.”

“Oh, but I like my geese. Like cats, they can't be told what to do, and like dogs, they're loyal, and like people, they talk every chance they get.”

“We accept gods that don't speak to us. We accept gods that would place us in a world filled with injustices and do nothing as we struggle. It's easier than accepting that there's nothing out there at all, and that, in our darkest moments, we are truly alone.”

Source : Lauren DeStefano (2013). “Perfect Ruin”, p.207, Simon and Schuster

“I lived in Georgetown in the late 70s about four houses down from the steps.”

“The Church is the one institution that exists for those outside it.”

“When I was a kid I wanted to be a musician. I used to play the trumpet. I practiced all the time, but I got braces and I couldn't play it anymore, so I had all of this free time.”