“Talk is by far the most accessible of pleasures. It costs nothing in money, it is all profit, it completes our education, founds and fosters our friendships, and can be enjoyed at any age and in almost any state of health.”

“I learned to love the journey, not the destination. I learned that this is not a dress rehearsal, and today is the only guarantee you get.”

“Dementia: Is it more painful to forget, or to be forgotten?”

“Everything is compensated by something else. As your face slowly looks more ravaged, you lose your eyesight, so you don’t notice.”

“Everyone has bad days, and when you’re having a bad day, you think, ‘Here I am being singled out by a hostile, malicious universe that is picking exclusively on me.’ And then you read a book about bad days and realize they happen to everyone, not just tormented, persecuted you.”

“I don’t think it’s good to try and change anyone. The trick and the mystery- of relationships and in general- is to learn to live with the bits you don’t like.”