Better to be a first-class matchbox than a second-class match.

..finally he was just another ant, working and working until he died without meaning.

Most runners run not because they want to live longer, but because they want to live life to the fullest.

Don't pointless things have a place, too, in this far-from-perfect world?

In a place far away from anyone or anywhere, I drifted off for a moment.

And once the storm is over, you won’t remember how you made it through, how you managed to survive. You won’t even be sure, whether the storm is really over. But one thing is certain. When you come out of the storm, you won’t be the same person who walked in. That’s what this storm’s all about.

You can see a person's whole life in the cancer they get.