“She wondered which was worse—living your whole life staring at yourself or waiting your whole life for someone to stare back at you.”

“Magrat wondered what it was like, spending your whole life doing something you didn’t want to do. Like being dead, she considered, only worse, the reason being, you were alive to suffer it.”

“Don't wait for miracles. Your whole life is a miracle. Live it up and dare to leave an impact. There is no rehearsal.”

“Mastering the art of aloneness doesn't mean living in isolation or never needing the love, support, and involvement of others. It means creating and living a life in which you feel whole and content as an individual on your own; a life in which you can take care of yourself emotionally and financially.”

“If you spend your whole life waiting for the storm, you'll never enjoy the sunshine.”

“Now I know that if you wait until you think you are ready, you'll wait your whole life”