“I used to be young but I got over it.”

“You can’t be the kid standing at the top of the water slide, overthinking it. You have to go down the chute.”

“It is a mistake to regard age as a downhill grade toward dissolution. The reverse is true. As one grows older, one climbs with surprising strides.”

“Left alone, no matter at what age or under what circumstances, you have to remake your life.”

“Do things for people not because of who they are or what they do in return, but because of who you are.”

“We go through life. We shed our skins. We become ourselves.”