“Our very lives depend on the ethics of strangers, and most of us are always strangers to other people.”

“…As soon as you start rewriting your past you realize how your failures and mistakes are what define you. Take them away and you’re nothing.”

“In the end, it’s not going to matter how many breaths you took, but how many moments took your breath away.”

“I intend to live forever. So far, so good.”

“They say a person needs just three things to be truly happy in the world: someone to love, something to do, and something to hope for.”

“While we have the gift of life, it seems to me the only tragedy is to allow part of us to die – whether it is our spirit, our creativity or our glorious uniqueness.”