“Risk it, go for it. Life always gives you another chance, another go at it. It's very important to take enormous risks.”

“The risks of liberty we must let everyone take; but the risks of ignorance and self-helplessness are another matter.”

“If you let go of me now,” I whispered, stretching against him, “it could be another six hundred years before you find me again. Are you willing to take that risk?”

“There are no guarantees. Not with love or with life. But we can't go through life never taking a risk... Put our hearts out there. Take a chance with a boy. We might end up hurt, we might not.”

“...one opportunity leads directly to another, just as risk leads to more risk, life to more life, and death to more death.”

“You need to decide whether you're willing to risk being hurt, plain and simple. You can go for it and have a wonderful relationship. Or you might go for it and crash and burn brilliantly. It's up to you if you want to take that risk, up to you if it's worth it or not.”