Sooner or later, fate puts us together with all the people, one by one, who show us what we could, and shouldn’t, let ourselves become. Sooner or later we meet the drunkard, the waster, the betrayer, the ruthless mind, and the hate-filled heart. But fate loads the dice, of course, because we usually find ourselves loving or pitying almost all of those people. And it’s impossible to despise someone you honestly pity, and to shun someone you truly love.

There are no mistakes. Only new paths to explore.

Sometimes, you have to surrender before you win.

Sometimes you have to lose to win

Friendship is an Algebra test that nobody passes.

Civilization, after all, is defined by what we forbid, more than what we permit.

justice is not only the way we punish those who do wrong. It is also the way we try to save them.