“It's what you've done with your time, how you've chosen to spend your days, and whom you've touched this year. That, to me, is the greatest measure of success.”

“The best way to measure how much you've grown isn't by inches or the number of laps you can now run around the track, or even your grade point average-- though those things are important, to be sure. It's what you've done with your time, how you've chosen to spend your days, and whom you've touched this year. That, to me, is the greatest measure of success.”

“I eat like a tortoise eats, if you've ever seen a tortoise eating. Like some prehistoric swamp thing.”

“It's so strange how one day you can be on this earth, and the next day not.”

“Your deeds are your monuments.”

“olivia reminds me of a bird sometimes, how her feathers get all ruffled when she's mad. and when she's fragile like this, she's a little lost bird looking for its nest.”

“...your deeds are like your monuments. Built with memories instead of stone.”