Well, what is a blessing but a curse from another point of view?

But pain seems to me an insufficient reason not to embrace life. Being dead is quite painless. Pain, like time, is going to come on regardless. Question is, what glorious moments can you win from life in addition to the pain?

Some people grow into their dreams, instead of out of them.

One foot in front of the other, wasn't that the grownup way of solving problems? Surely he ought to be a grownup at his age.

The good face pain. But the great? They embrace it.

The Imperial Service could win a war without coffee, but would prefer not to have to.

[Koudelka] looked back, "You?! I know you! You trust beyond reason!" [Cordelia] met his eyes steadily, "Yes, it's how I get results beyond hope, as you may recall.