“… but her eyes had had too much in them and his heart way too little for things to keep going.”

“She always had that about her, that look of otherness, of eyes that see things much too far, and of thoughts that wander off the edge of the world.”

“The emptiness of old age had caused him to forget that, in matters of feeling and of the heart, too much is always better than too little.”

“Suvrin had a little too much of the politician in him. Too much of the kind of mind willing to let an individual go so the rest will not be inconvenienced.”

“My heart was a little bit broken, but I still had to go to school. I buttoned my dress shirt over it and my winter coat, too. I hoped it didn't show too much.”

“He had given her too much. He had given her everything.”

“… there remained a strange formality between them, and her pleasure in his presence felt too much like missing him had felt during the last week.”

“She tended to keep her eyes half closed, as if full sight of the world’s absurdity might be too much to bear.”

“The disciples realized that they too were his enemies, and that he had overcome them by his love. It is this that opens the disciple’s eyes, and enables him to see his enemy as a brother.”

“There are only two things wrong with money: too much or too little.”