Life is a series of pulls back and forth. You want to do one thing, but you are bound to do something else.

...if you're trying to show off for people at the top, forget it. They will look down on you anyhow. And if you're trying to show off for people at the bottom, forget it. They will only envy you. Status will get you nowhere. Only an open heart will allow you to float equally between everyone.

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.

It's such a shame to waste time. We always think we have so much of it.

Don't cling to things because everything is impermanent.

There is no formula to relationships.

I lived," Dor said, "but I was not alive.