"In the end, the world always wins. That's just the way of things."

"I had rather be shut up in a very modest cottage with my books, my family and a few old friends, dining on simple bacon, and letting the world roll on as it liked, than to occupy the most splendid post, which any human power can give."

"I am nothing more than the consequence of catastrophe."

"It’s not that we have to quit this life one day, but it’s how many things we have to quit all at once: music, laughter,the physics of falling leaves, automobiles, holding hands,the scent of rain, the concept of subway trains... if only one could leave this life slowly!"

"Let all of life be an unfettered howl."

"Spending time with God is the key to our strength and success in all areas of life. Be sure that you never try to work God into your schedule, but always work your schedule around Him."

"I'm afraid of time... I mean, I'm afraid of not having enough time. Not enough time to understand people, how they really are, or to be understood myself. I'm afraid of the quick judgements or mistakes everybody makes. You can't fix them without time. I'm afraid of seeing snapshots, not movies."

"I think the highest and lowest points are the important ones. Anything else is just...in between."

"I believe in looking reality straight in the eye and denying it."

"Well, I like to eat, sleep, drink, and be in love.I like to work, read, learn, and understand life."

"Life will hit you hard in the face, wait for you to get back up just so it can kick you in the stomach. But getting the wind knocked out of you is the only way to remind your lungs how much they like the taste of air."

"A joke is a very serious thing."

"Life is infinitely stranger than anything which the mind of man could invent."

"I only want to write. And there's no college for that except life."

"Develop an attitude of gratitude, and give thanks for everything that happens to you, knowing that every step forward is a step toward achieving something bigger and better than your current situation."

"In the Book of Life, The answers aren't in the back."

"I have looked in the mirror every morning and asked myself: "If today were the last day of my life, would I want to do what I am about to do today?" And whenever the answer has been "No" for too many days in a row, I know I need to change something."

"Stay hungry, stay young, stay foolish, stay curious, and above all, stay humble because just when you think you got all the answers, is the moment when some bitter twist of fate in the universe will remind you that you very much don't."

"No one ever does live happily ever after, but we leave the children to find that out for themselves."

"If you try to change it, you will ruin it. Try to hold it, and you will lose it."

"Life is not complex. We are complex. Life is simple, and the simple thing is the right thing."

"That’s how I know they are dreams. Because the simple and plain and everyday things are the ones that we can never have. (Cassia Reyes)"