“You're supposed to fail sometimes. It's a required part of the human existence-Eli”

“Life is full of screwups. You're supposed to fail sometimes. It's a required part of the human existance.”

“Life is full of screwups," he said, chucking another paper at the split-level before taking the corner. "You're supposed to fail sometimes. It's a required part of the human existence.”

“But sometimes you lose. Nothing you can do but admit it.-Eli”

“But risk is just part of relationships. Sometimes they work, sometimes they don't.”

“It was like when you're a little kid and you run into your teacher or librarian at the grocery store or Wal-mart and it's just so startling, because it never occurred to you they existed outside of school.”

“I waited. Because with Eli, he was never trying to get you to finish for him. He always knew where he was going, even if it took a little while to get there.”