He rarely knows the result of a battle when the battle is over.

I'm like everyone else—I see the world in terms of what I would like to see happen, not what actually does.

Sometimes it's better to leave things as they are, he thought to himself, and decided to say nothing.

Love will never separate a man from his personal legend.

It is possible to avoid pain? Yes, but you'll never learn anything. Is it possible to know something without ever having experiencing it? Yes, but it will never truly be part of you.

Spending years studying at university only to find out at the end of it all that you're unemployable.

It is not difficult to rebuild a life. All we need is to be aware that we have the same strength we had before, and to use it in our favor.