It's a tragic fact to die in an accident

Daddy always said that an option that you know to have a bad outcome is only a fool's option, i.e., not an option at all. And I liked to think that Daddy hadn't raised a fool.

A life isn't measured in hours and minutes. It's the quality, not the length.

I'm allergic to sad memories. It's the worst.

There is no difference in quality between a life lived forward and a life lived backwards, she thinks. She had come to love this backward life. It was, after all, the only life she had.

If you are going to forgive a person, Liz decides, it is best to do it sooner rather than later. Later, Liz knows from experience, could be sooner than you thought.

Death is a state of mind---many people on Earth spend their entire lives dead.