“Free will is not always the most important thing”

“Being Adam Parrish was a complicated thing, a wonder of muscles and organs, synapses and nerves. He was a miracle of moving parts, a study in survival. The most important thing to Adam Parrish, though, had always been free will, the ability to be his own master.This was the important thing.It had always been the important thing. This was what it was to be Adam.”

“The most important thing about a person is always the thing you don't know.”

“The most important things in your life are almost always impossible to predict.”

“Always remember that the most important thing in a good marriage is not happiness, but stability.”

“Remember then that there is only one important time, and that time is now. The most important one is always the one you are with. And the most important thing is to do good for the one who is standing at your side. This is why we are here.”