Should have. Would have. Could have. Didn't.

In life, Jane reflected, the most interesting things tend to happen when you're on your way to do something else.

if you were older you might agree with me. you might say that real love steals nothing. you might say that real love leaves a person intact. you would be wrong, jane. love is a greedy toddler who knows only the word 'mine.

It’s difficult to ever go back to the same places or people. You turn away, even for a moment, and when you turn back around, everything’s changed.

In the end, the end of a life only matters to friends, family, and other folks you used to know. For everyone else, it's just another end.

A life isn't measured in hours or minutes. Its the quality not the length. All things considered I've been luckier than most. Almost sixteen years on Earth, and I've already had eight good ones here. I expect to have eight more before all's good said and done. Nearly thirty-two years total, and that's not too shabby

In a way, whoever you know in a certain place defines that place for you.