“If you let life pass you by now, it won't ever come back. You don't get another chance”

“She didn't want to let go of him, or the baby, but sometimes life made you give up what you loved most.”

“Don't make decisions out of fear. They never get yo anywhere you want to go.”

“... It's hard to make changes. Things get so comfortable and you don't want to move. Maybe it would do you good to be a little uncomfortable for a while, and do something different...”

“You can have anything you want, if you go out and get it. If you claim it as your own. You have a right to it.”

“And if they really fuck it up and do make a horrible mistake, which can happen to anyone, from any culture, you still have to sit back and watch from the sidelines. It's their life. What you need is a life of your own. You can't hang on to them forever and live theirs or stop them from making mistakes. That's the deal. Once they grow up, they belong to themselves, not to us.”

“There was nothing you couldn't do if you wanted it bad enough, and were willing to work hard enough to get it.”