There is everything you know and there is everything that happens. When the two do not line up, you make a choice.

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

Consider the word “time.” We use so many phrases with it. Pass time. Waste time. Kill time. Lose time. In good time. About time. Take your time. Save time. A long time. Right on time. Out of time. Mind the time. Be on time. Spare time. Keep time. Stall for time. There are as many expressions with “time” as there are minutes in a day. But once, there was no word for it at all. Because no one was counting. Then Dor began. And everything changed.

I traded lots of dreams for a bigger paycheck, and I never even realized I was doing it.

Don't get too attached to anything.

You can't get stuck on what should have happened. That doesn't help you.

Sacrfice," the captain said. "You made one. I made one. We all made them. But you were angry over yours. You kept thinking about what you lost. You didn't get it. Sacrifice is a part of life. It's supposed to be. It's not something to regret. It's something to aspire to.