“The brave man is not the one without fear but the one who does what he must despite being afraid. To succeed, you must be willing to risk total failure; you must learn this.”

“Every person you encounter, whom you interact with, is there to teach you something. Sometimes it may be years before you realize what each had to show you.”

“The past can be a terrible weight bound to you by an unbreakable chain. You can drag it with you, forever looking over your shoulder at what holds you back. Or you can let it go and move forward. It’s your choice.”

“Old habits are hard to forget, and old fears are habits.”

“Friends can betray you, but with an old enemy, you always know where you stand.”

“But should you ever come to a time when you need to say something upon my behalf, say this, 'The last truth is that there is no magic.”

“Don't assume the world evolved in the order in which you discovered it.”