The past can teach us, nurture us, but it cannot sustain us. The essence of life is change, and we must move ever forward or the soul will wither and die.

These are your beautiful days, Julia Beckett," he promised softly.

The past can teach us, nurture us, but it cannot sustain us. The essence of life is change, and we must move ever forward or the soul will wither and die.

Knowing that the battle will not end the way he wishes does not make it any less worthwhile the fight.

Hope rarely enters into it. 'Tis action moves the world.

Tis action moves the world....[in] the game of chess, mind that: ye cannot leave your men to stand unmoving on the board and hope to win. A soldier must first step upon the battlefield if does mean to cross it.

A grieving person's like a person treading in deep water--if they've nothing to hold on to, they lose hope. They slide right under.