"He has achieved success who has lived well, laughed often, and loved much;Who has enjoyed the trust of pure women, the respect of intelligent men and the love of little children;Who has filled his niche and accomplished his task;Who has never lacked appreciation of Earth's beauty or failed to express it;Who has left the world better than he found it,Whether an improved poppy, a perfect poem, or a rescued soul;Who has always looked for the best in others and given them the best he had;Whose life was an inspiration;Whose memory a benediction."

"Things change. And friends leave. Life doesn't stop for anybody."

"Reality continues to ruin my life."

"Who are you to judge the life I live?I know I'm not perfect-and I don't live to be-but before you start pointing fingers...make sure you hands are clean!"

"Some infinities are bigger than other infinities."

"Life isn't about finding yourself. Life is about creating yourself."

"Sometimes people are beautiful.Not in looks.Not in what they say.Just in what they are."

"Today you are You, that is truer than true. There is no one alive who is Youer than You."

"Sometimes the questions are complicated and the answers are simple."

"I may not have gone where I intended to go, but I think I have ended up where I needed to be."

"Life is what happens to us while we are making other plans."

"It does not do to dwell on dreams and forget to live."

"There are only two ways to live your life. One is as though nothing is a miracle. The other is as though everything is a miracle."

"Insanity is doing the same thing, over and over again, but expecting different results."

"To live is the rarest thing in the world. Most people exist, that is all."

"In three words I can sum up everything I've learned about life: it goes on."

"You only live once, but if you do it right, once is enough."

"Something that is yours forever is never precious"

"In this here place, we flesh; flesh that weeps, laughs; flesh that dances on bare feet in grass. Love it. Love it hard. Yonder they do not love your flesh. They despise it. They don't love your eyes; they'd just as soon pick em out. No more do they love the skin on your back. Yonder they flay it. And O my people they do not love your hands. Those they only use, tie, bind, chop off and leave empty. Love your hands! Love them. Raise them up and kiss them. Touch others with them, pat them together, stroke them on your face 'cause they don't love that either. You got to love it, you! And no, they ain't in love with your mouth. Yonder, out there, they will see it broken and break it again. What you say out of it they will not heed. What you scream from it they do not hear. What you put into it to nourish your body they will snatch away and give you leavins instead. No, they don't love your mouth. You got to love it. This is flesh I'm talking about here. Flesh that needs to be loved. Feet that need to rest and to dance; backs that need support; shoulders that need arms, strong arms I'm telling you. And O my people, out yonder, hear me, they do not love your neck unnoosed and straight. So love your neck; put a hand on it, grace it, stroke it and hold it up. and all your inside parts that they'd just as soon slop for hogs, you got to love them. The dark, dark liver--love it, love it and the beat and beating heart, love that too. More than eyes or feet. More than lungs that have yet to draw free air. More than your life-holding womb and your life-giving private parts, hear me now, love your heart. For this is the prize."

"She looks at the swings, and I can see she’s imagining what they’d look like if the kids weren’t there. The guilt of this holds her down momentarily. It appears to be there constantly. Never far away, despite her love for them.I realize that nothing belongs to her anymore and she belongs to everything."

"You need just the right amount of 'Fuck the world' and the right amount of belief in something...and you need the right amount of love."

"To say ‘I love you’ one must first know how to say the ‘I.’ The meaning of the ‘I’ is an independent, self-sufficient entity that does not exist for the sake of any other person. A person who exists only for the sake of his loved one is not an independent entity, but a spiritual parasite. The love of a parasite is worth nothing."