1. “The worst part of holding the memories is not pain. It’s the loneliness of it. Memories need to be shared.”
2. “It is much easier to be brave if you do not know everything.”
3. “Take pride in your pain; you are stronger than those who have none.”
4. “Reading is the most important way to prepare for life.”
5. “Memory is the happiness of being alone.”
6. “Genius disregards the boundaries pf propriety. Genius is permitted to shout if shouting is productive.”
7. “Things seem more when you’re little. They seem bigger and distances seem farther.”
8. “Fear dims when you learn things.”
9. “The writer after all is only half the book, the other half is the reader.”
10. “People do thing that out badly, often for the benevolent of reasons.”
