“Some things you cannot wish away or think away. They become part of you when you remember them.”

“Once you know some things, you can't unknow them. It's a burden that can never be given away.”

“The frightened walk away when love is difficult. I know that now. You have to be willing to give everything away. You have to be willing to end up with nothing. Only then will your heart be whole.”

“Be careful what you wish for. I know that for a fact. Wishes are brutal, unforgiving things. They burn your tongue the moment they're spoken and you can never take them back.”

“Some stories stayed with you even when you wanted to forget them.”

“If we had paid attention, we would have understood there are some things in this world you cannot outrun.”

“But in battle you cannot tell another when it is his time to enter the World-to-Come, nor is it possible to keep any man in this world when he wishes to leave it behind.”