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

Find the best in everybody. Wait long enough, and people will surprise and impress you. It might even take years, but people will show you their good side. Just keep waiting.

Well, you can’t have just some of me, Jai,” I told her. “You appreciate the part of me that didn’t get angry because two ‘things’ we own got hurt. But the flip side of that is my belief that you don’t repair things if they still do what they’re supposed to do. The cars still work. Let’s just drive ’em.

If she doesn't really love you, then it's over. And if she does love you, then love will win out.

People lie for lots of reasons, often because it seems like a way to get what they want with less effort.

He had high hopes for society, and though his hopes were too often dashed, he remained a raging optimist.

We don't beat the reaper by living longer, but by living well, and living fully - for the reaper will come for all of us. The question is: what do we do between the time we're born and the time he shows up.