“Longevity can't be the only test of love.”

“Fun, like champagne bubbles, can't completely fill you up.”

“And marking off time struck me as something like counting empty spaces—spaces you know can't ever be filled.”

“I wondered if a blessing is still a blessing if it lasts for only a little while.”

“Keep in mind that life produces no maestros, only students of varying shades of ineptitude.”

“What do you know about sooner or later? Is a moment only a moment when you're in pain?”

“Like the Bible tells us, when a man will lay down his life for a friend, well, then there ain't no greater love in this here world than that.”