Better to fail spectacularly than do something mediocre.

Sometimes all you have to do is ask, and it can lead to all your dreams coming true.

But I want her to grow up knowing that I was the first man ever to fall in love with her. I'd always thought the father/daughter thing was overstated. But I can tell you, sometimes, she looks at me and I just become a puddle.

it make no sense to talk about rights without also talking about responsibilities

The brick walls are there to stop the people who don't want it badly enough. They are there to stop the other people!

If you’re going to have childhood dreams you should have great parents who let you pursue them and express your creativity

Whatever news we get about the scans, I’m not going to die when we hear it. I won’t die the next day, or the day after that, or the day after that. So today, right now, well this is a wonderful day. And I want you to know how much I’m enjoying it.” I thought about that, and about Jai’s smile. I knew then. That’s the way the rest of my life would need to be lived.