All endings are also beginnings. We just don't know it at the time.

One day can bend your life.

No, Edward. You are here so I can teach you something. All the people you meet here have one thing to teach you.

I think what you notice most when you haven’t been home in a while is how much the trees have grown around your memories.

I don't mean you disregard every rule of your community. I don't go around naked, for example. I don't run through red lights. The little things, I can obey. But the big things- how we think, what we value- those you must choose yourself. You can't let anyone-or any society- determine those for you. ' -Morrie Schwartz

Tell me about your family," I said. And so she did. I listened intently as my mother went through each branch of the tree. Years later, after the funeral, Maria had asked me questions about the family - who was related to whom - and I struggled. I couldn't remember. A big chunk of our history had been buried with my mother. You should never let your past disappear that way.

The way you get meaning into your life is to devote yourself to loving others.