“Forgetting about our mistakes and our wounds isn't enough to make them disappear.”

“I've never been able to forget the infinite little smile of pure affection that danced across his livid face. Enough gaiety to fill the universe. Few people past twenty preserve any of the affection, the affection of animals. This world isn't what we expected. So our looks change! They change plenty! We made a mistake! And turned into a thorough stinker in next to no time! Past twenty it shows in our face! A mistake! Our face is just a mistake!”

“anyone who doesn't make mistakes isn't trying hard enough.”

“We rarely make mistakes in analysis. We usually make them in our assumptions.”

“We're each our own person, we live our own lives, make our own mistakes, learn from them and move forward.”

“Besides, life isn't meant to be safe. It's only in our mistakes, our errors, and our faults that we grow and truly live.”