Well, the truth is, if you really listen to that bird on your shoulder, if you accept that you can die at any time–then you might not be as ambitious as you are.

Keep your heart open for as long as you can, as wide as you can, for others and especially for yourself.

As long as we can love each other, and remember the feeling of love we had, we can die without ever really going away. All the love you created is still there. All the memories are still there. You live on—in the hearts of everyone you have touched and nurtured while you were here

The most important thing in life is to learn how to give out love, and to let it come in.

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.

Do I wither up and disappear, or do I make the best of my time left?

Grieve and mourn for yourself not once or twice, but again and again.