Parents rarely let go of their children, so children let go of them. They move on. They move away.

There is no fair in life and death. If it were, no good men would die young.

The backside of a mountain is a fight against human nature. You have to care as much about yourself on the way down as you did on the way up.

You're not going to fix things by helping 65-year-olds or 75-year-olds for any long run.

It’s not just other people we need to forgive. We also need to forgive ourselves. For all the things we didn’t do. All the things we should have done. You can’t get stuck on the regrets of what should have happened. I always wished I had done more with my work; I wished I had written more books. I used to beat myself up over it. Now I see that never did any good. Make peace. You need to make peace with yourself and everyone around you.

So many times I feel I'm using the same words over and over, like a woman wearing the same dress every day. So boring!

Dor shook his head. “The phrase. What does it mean?” Sarah wondered if he was kidding. “Time flies? You know, like, time goes really fast and suddenly you’re saying goodbye and it’s like no time passed at all?” His eyes drifted. He liked it. “Time flies.” “With you,” she added.