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

Parenthood remains the greatest single preserve of the amateur.

You can't make souffle rise twice.

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

Time brings all things to pass.

He who doesn't accept the conditions of life sells his soul.

Everything put together is made to fall apart.

the lessons are best when the pain is worse

The end is never worth the beginning.

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

We spent all our lives for things and not dedicate the things that await us.

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

The sun from far gives life. But get close to it and it burns anything down to ashes

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.

Just because I know what I want doesn't mean I can have it

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

He knows not where he's going, For the ocean will decide, Its not the destination, It's the glory of the ride

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

The most important thing we ever learn at school is the fact that the most important things can't be learned at school.

Knowledge is abundant, but wisdom is rare.

A wise old owl once told me, One time when he was out of his tree, That nothing in this world is for free. I agree!

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

Not many people get every single thing they want plus all the things they didn't think to ask for in the same day.

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

People say that your life flashes before your eyes before you die, but they're wrong. It's not your life that passes before you, it's the regrets that do.

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.

Skate, if it were possible to choose who we fall in love with, no one would ever get it done, because we'd all be chasing after this ideal person who doesn't even exist.