"It is not worth the while to let our imperfections disturb us always."

"I don't want to do anything. I don't even want to start this day because then I'll just be expected to finish it."

"What strange phenomena we find in a great city, all we need do is stroll about with our eyes open. Life swarms with innocent monsters."

"She had been given a wonderful gift: life. Sometimes it was cruelly taken away too soon, but it's what you did with it that counted, not how long it lasted."

"This is the key to life: To expect everything to be given to you from above, yet to be genuinely surprised and forever grateful, when they are. Expecting all good things to be yours, while not knowing how to take anything for granted. If there may be a key in life, this is the key."

"It's funny: I always imagined when I was a kid that adults had some kind of inner toolbox full of shiny tools: the saw of discernment, the hammer of wisdom, the sandpaper of patience. But then when I grew up I found that life handed you these rusty bent old tools - friendships, prayer, conscience, honesty - and said 'do the best you can with these, they will have to do'. And mostly, against all odds, they do."

"I hope you live a life you’re proud of. If you find that you’re not, I hope you have the strength to start all over again."

"Live or die, but don't poison everything."

"One of the greatest journeys in life is overcoming insecurity and learning to truly not give a shit."

"Dreams are necessary to life."

"I don’t chase after anyone, If you wanna walk out of my life, then I’ll hold the fucking door open for you."

"As we go through life we gradually discover who we are, but the more we discover, the more we lose ourselves."

"The life where nothing was ever unexpected. Or inconvenient. Or unusual. The life without colour, pain or past."

"I'd found out that if you pushed people away hard enough, they tended to go."

"And though you think the world is at your feet, it can rise up and tread on you."

"Life is a drama full of tragedy and comedy. You should learn to enjoy the comic episodes a little more."

"While we try to teach our children all about life, our children teach us what life is all about."

"L'éternité, c'est long ... surtout vers la fin."

"At 50, everyone has the face he deserves."

"After you find out all the things that can go wrong, your life becomes less about living and more about waiting."

"Pain or love or danger makes you real again...."

"... And these childrenthat you spit onas they try to change their worldsare immune to your consultations.They're quite awareof what they're going through..."