“Sometimes you have an idea and just have to move forward with it.”

“Having friends was really important, wasn't it? Even if sometimes they did stuff which upset you?”

“It's amazing and sad what we have to do to survive sometimes.”

“Certain things I remember exactly as they were. They are merely discolored a bit by time, like coins in the pocket of a forgotten suit. Most of the details, though, have long since been transformed or rearranged to bring others of them forward. Some, in fact, are obviously counterfeit; they are no less important. One alters the past to form the future.”

“Sometimes you are aware when your great moments are happening, and sometimes they rise from the past. Perhaps it's the same with people.”

“You don't have anything to lose by standing up for yourself,' Nando said. 'But you can lose yourself by trying to please everyone.”

“As I look back, I see that life is like a game of solitaire and every once in a while there is a move.”