and you'll be alright.”

“Although i hadn’t seen him in more than ten years, I know i’ll miss him forever.”

“I just wanted you to know there will be a piece of you in me always, and I’m grateful for that. Whatever someone you become, and wherever you are in the world, I’m sending you love. You’re my friend to the end.”

“There is nothing like the sight of an amputated spirit, there is no prosthetic for that.”

“I will never stop loving him, even though it doesn’t make sense anymore.”

“To see the world, things dangerous to come to, to see behind walls, draw closer, to find each other, and to feel. That is the purpose of life.”

“I'm going to tell you a story about a man. His name was Bond, James Bond.”

“My affections and wishes have not changed. But one word from you will silence me forever.”

“For what it's worth: it's never too late or, in my case, too early to be whoever you want to be. There's no time limit, stop whenever you want. You can change or stay the same, there are no rules to this thing. We can make the best or the worst of it. I hope you make the best of it. And I hope you see things that startle you. I hope you feel things you never felt before. I hope you meet people with a different point of view. I hope you live a life you're proud of. If you find that you're not, I hope you have the strength to start all over again.”

“I went to the woods because I wanted to live deliberately. I wanted to live deep and suck out all the marrow of life. To put to rout all that was not life; and not, when I had come to die, discover that I had not lived.”

“People change. Feelings change. It doesn’t mean that the love once shared wasn’t true or real. It simply means that sometimes when people grow, they grow apart.”

“Meet me in Montauk.”

“She's a diamond among a sea of glass.”

“You were right. You were right about me. Tell your sister... you were right.”