“If one dream should fall and break into a thousand pieces, never be afraid to pick one of those pieces up and begin again.”

“Strength is the ability to break up a solid piece of chocolate—and then eat just one of the pieces.”

“One of the greatest life lessons I've learned has been to dream new dreams. When a dream is fulfilled, it shouldn't become a straitjacket, constricting a person's evolution and progress. Instead, it should be a stepping-stone to the next thing. When a dream shatters, you should pick up the pieces and create a new one. It won't be the same as the broken one, but you can hope it will be as vibrant and as exciting.”

“One should never fall in the belief that you can find someone to pick you up.”

“We shed as we pick up, like travelers who must carry everything in their arms, and what we let fall will be picked up by those behind. The procession is very long and life is very short. We die on the march. But there is nothing outside the march so nothing can be lost to it. The missing plays of Sophocles will turn up piece by piece, or be written again in another language. Ancient cures for diseases will reveal themselves once more. Mathematical discoveries glimpsed and lost to view will have their time again.”

“Without you everything falls apart. Without you it's not as much fun to pick up the pieces.”