“The man who has never been disappointed has never understood happiness, the man who has never been anxious has never learned patience, the man who has never been depressed will never know ecstasy.”

“Love is like a mountain with many peaks and each new passion brings in a different view. Don't be afraid to love again and again...there are better horizons waiting. Climb until you find your perfect sky.”

“Though death might still the show, life would be the most critiqued act of our existence. Own your stage.”

“If you are the one perfect person in an imperfect world, you are flawed.”

“If wishes were grains of sand, the world would be a desert.”

“What we gain in the world, we lose in the world, forgotten in death. We must rather fancy what we brought into the world, for therein lives our story, our legend.”

“The man who has never been disappointed has never understood happiness, the man who has never been anxious has never learned patience, the man who has never been depressed will never know ecstasy.”

“Good deeds may not lead to heaven...still do deeds that make you feel like you are in there already.”

“Authors are the closest thing man would come to understanding God. It is a remarkable thing to conjure up a life and create its story.”

“The bad news is, our past defines us. However, the good news is, our future will someday be a part of that past.”