“Most of our assumptions have outlived their uselessness.”

“If you have a dog, you will most likely outlive it; to get a dog is to open yourself to profound joy and, prospectively, to equally profound sadness.”

“For if there is any single thing that everyone hopes for most dearly, it must be this: that the youngest outlive the oldest.”

“If others tell us something we make assumptions, and if they don't tell us something we make assumptions to fulfill our need to know and to replace the need to communicate. Even if we hear something and we don't understand we make assumptions about what it means and then believe the assumptions. We make all sorts of assumptions because we don't have the courage to ask questions.”

“...children have the resilience to outlive their sufferings, if given a chance.”

“Most deadly errors arise from obsolete assumptions.”