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

That kind of love - the kind you realize you already have by the life you've created together - that's the kind that lasts.

She loved me coming and going, at my worst and at my best. She had a bottomless well of love for me.

The truth is, once you learn how to die, you learn how to live.

I thought about all the people I knew who spent many of their waking hours feeling sorry for themselves. How useful it would be to put a daily limit on self-pity. Just a few tearful minutes, then on with the day.

It's nice that you spend a day with your mother,' she said. "Children should do it more often.

No life is a waste. The only time we waste is the time we spend thinking we're alone.