The closer one gets to realizing his destiny, the more that destiny becomes his true reason for being.

Assuming, as you grow older, that you're the guardian of the world's wisdom, even if you haven't necessarily lived enough to know what's right and wrong.

When we venture in that unfamiliar sea, we trust blindly in those who guide us, believing that they know more than we do.

Love was a feeling completely bound up with color, like thousands of rainbows superimposed one on top of the other.

Love cannot be held prisoner because it is a river and will overflow its banks.

But time, as well as healing all wounds, taught me something strange too: that it's possible to love more than one person in a lifetime. I remarried. I'm very happy with my new wife, and I can't imagine living without her. This, however, doesn't mean that I have to renounce all my past experiences, as long as I'm careful not to compare my two lives. You can't measure love the way you can the length of a road or the height of a building.

But when he thought to complain about the burden of its weight, he remembered that, because he had the jacket, he had withstood the cold of the dawn. We have to be prepared for change, he thought, and he was grateful for the jacket's weight and warmth. The jacket had a purpose, and so did the boy.