“To ask a child who is unburdened with the rules of societyWho knows no hate based on religion or colorWho only knows what is good, what is now, and what is loveThese are the virtues. These are the things we should aspire to once again be.If you truly want to know the way, the meaning of life..Ask the children.”

“But, I believe," I continue, "I know what true love is - or what it should be." "What should it be?" Tristan asks, his voice soft now. "It should be a friendship and truly knowing who a person is, knowing his flaws and hopes and strengths and fears, knowing all of it. And admiring and caring for - loving the person because of those things.”

“Life is a challenge" he once told me, "and only those who rise to the challenge truly know what it means to live.”

“You will never know what the meaning of Jazz is if ask what it means.”

“The only way to get what you really want, is to know what you really want. And the only way to know what you really want, is to know yourself. And the only way to know yourself, is to be yourself. And the only way to be yourself is to listen to your heart.”

“Why should I want what's good for me?' Beatrice asked him, smiling. 'Is that what you want for yourself - only what's good for you?”