“A birth is not really a beginning. Our lives at the start are not really our own but only the continuation of someone else's story.”

“sometimes we need someone else to open our eyes to what's really going on in our lives!”

“Over and over, we start our own tales, compose our own stories, whether our lives are short or long. Until at last all our beginnings come down to just one end, and the tale of who we are is done.”

“We can only fix our own lives. We cannot play the role of gods in someone else's.”

“The only currency that we really have to spend during our lives is time. Everything else is just a sub-category.”

“What do you know about yourself? What are your stories? The ones you tell yourself, and the ones told by others. All of us begin somewhere. Though I suppose the truth is that we begin more than once; we begin many times. Over and over, we start our own tales, compose our own stories, whether our lives are short or long. Until at last all our beginnings come down to just one end, and the tale of who we are is done.”