That's the thing about life. A lot of the time, it isn't easy at all. We just have to try to make the best of it.

The key to happiness was achievable dreams.

The secret is to know how to lie" he used to say, " and to know when someone's lying to you". His father, Steve eventually decided, must have known how to lie.

In the end you should always do the right thing even if it's hard.

There was no pretention here, no hidden meanings in the phrases they spoke, no elaborate plans designed to impress the other. Though it had always been easy to spend time with Mike, she suddenly realized that in the whirlwind of the past couple of weeks, she'd almost forgot how much she enjoyed it.

I know it can't be the same between us, but that doesn't change the way I felt about you then.

It is life, I think, to watch the water. A man can learn so many things.