“When we were children, we used to think that when we were grown-up we would no longer be vulnerable. But to grow up is to accept vulnerability… To be alive is to be vulnerable.”
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“But I love her. That’s the funny part of it. I love them all, and they don’t give a hoot…”
“Love isn’t how you feel. It’s what you do.”
“Maybe you have to know the darkness before you can appreciate the light.’”
“I do not know everything; still many things I understand.”