Anything can happen in a fight.

I've come to learn that what really matters is the relationship, the quality of the relationship.

There are three constants in life... change, choice and principles.

Even youngish men can acquire wisdom as time goes by.

False friendship, like the ivy, decays and ruins the walls it embraces; but true friendship gives new life and animation to the object it supports.

Marriage is a school itself. Also, having children. Becoming a father changed my whole life. It taught me as if by revelation.

A kitten is chiefly remarkable for rushing about like mad at nothing whatever, and generally stopping before it gets there.

The absolute dependence of a newborn infant inspired many things in me, but it did not activate any magical knowledge about what to do for the next twenty years.

I've learned very, very, very clearly that money does not equal happiness or security, either.

It is easier to get a favor from fortune than to keep it.

Parenthood remains the greatest single preserve of the amateur.

When you're all dressed up and no place to go.

... you only get one chance at sharing a soul, but that once was enough if it was the right soul.

There are three kinds of big endings: Revenge. Tragedy. Forgiveness. Revenge and Tragedy often happen together. Forgiveness unblocks the future. {p.225}

Sometimes it's the mistakes that turn out to be the best parts of life

In life there are perfect moments. You cannot plan them - the very act interferes with the laws of the universe - but you must be ready to recognise them when they come.

Sometimes, you're the one who strikes it lucky. Sometimes, it's the other poor bastard who's left with the short straw, and you just have to shut up and get on with it.

My parents have lived longer than most and have expected very little. We have been blessed in too many ways to count.

Taking a life, is not worth getting life in prison.

Knowledge is abundant, but wisdom is rare.

Because…sometimes I think you meet people and they make you better, even if you're not with them forever.

You realize how much you love someone once that someone is gone…gone forever, and you are filled with regret and sadness.

There are laws. There are rules. And when you break them, there are consequences. Laws of nature and laws of life. Laws of love and laws of death.

There might be a million wrong people in your life, but when the right one comes everything looks dark.

We have all had stupid youths,' said Mathilde. 'I find them delicious.

"You are young," said my father. "You won't get any younger even if you clean your teeth twice a day." "You'll get older," said my mother, "that's what happens." "Then what happens?" "You won't be...

Humility carries less weight and it makes things float. Pride is weighty and it makes things sink! It takes humility then for a 'ship', regardless of how loaded it is, to float on the surface of the...

In a well-ordered universe... camping would take place indoors.

Experience is a supreme teacher, but experience is not something that can be taught. It has to be learned through choice and consequence.

They say Night is all black in the face All that glitters only adds to the grace No attempt to success ever succeeds Without one slogging through the blackened days