“But what is love, and what is life, if you do not let yourself live?”

“You must not let yourself become too respectable. Keep yourself a little wild. What is life for, if not for the living of it?”

“She wanted to live, and live fully, and to give life, she who loved life! What was the good of existing, if you couldn't give yourself?”

“When you care more if someone else lives than you do about yourself- is that what [love is]?”

“What is love? Sometimes it's just letting yourself be who and what you are, and letting the person you're supposed to love be who and what he is too. Or maybe what and who they are.”

“You need to remember the best legacy you can give your kids is an example of a life well lived. They may listen to what you say, but they will do what you do. If you tell them to take care of yourself but you don't do it yourself, what kind of message are you sending?”