“We can’t run away from what defines our fates. Who we are and what we believe in grow from the roots of our past, no matter how much we might try to deny it.”

“Just remember that life is made up of change. We can’t run away from it.”

“In the end, it doesn’t matter what words are said or unsaid. . . .Life’s mistakes are made whether you can see them or not. What counts is how we learn to live with them.”

“We live a short enough time on this earth. A man should do what he loves.”

“Sometimes you can’t let go of the past without facing it again.”

“It is not an act of bravery to try to save your own village. It is an instinct to protect what you possess. Bravery is when you step in to help when you have nothing to lose.”

“Everything seems simpler from a distance.”