"Everything is temporary... you won't come close to really living and enjoying what you've got right in front of you until you accept that annoying little truth."

"... I'd been in the world I dreamed of being in. I'd found it, proving to myself that it did actually exist. And not only that, I also really and truly felt in the moment. Sometimes you have to wait a while to to live in the exact world you dream of living in, and even then, it's never going to be exactly what you dreamed of once you get there. But the most you can do is be the person you dream of being, and once you find that person, the one who, no matter what happens, can dig deep inside himself and feel okay, you've found your world; you've found your otherwise." (261)