“You can't regret a whole period in your life. . . . It's part of who you are, one of your stories.”

“It's not enough to believe! Don't you see that, you stupid girl? You could spend your whole life hoping and believing! If a love affair is one-sided, then it's only ever a question, never an answer. You can't live your life waiting for an answer.”

“You can't please everyone with your stories but remember if one person likes the story then you have a fan for life!! And you have made someone's day.”

“He appreciated you. But he couldn't feed your soul for the rest of your life. Can't you just appreciate that he was great for you for that period of time?”

“Sacrfice," the captain said. "You made one. I made one. We all made them. But you were angry over yours. You kept thinking about what you lost. You didn't get it. Sacrifice is a part of life. It's supposed to be. It's not something to regret. It's something to aspire to.”

“If you don't turn your life into a story, you just become a part of someone else's story.”