“Life is a sweet mistake that happened when the world wasn't looking.”

“Mistakes are what make life worthliving dangerously. If it weren't for our mistakes then our victorieswouldn't taste nearly as sweet.”

“Hell is when we look back during the fraction of a second and know that we wasted an opportunity to dignify the miracle of life. Paradise is being able to say at the moment "I made some mistakes, but I wasn't a coward. I Lived my life and did what I had to do”

“There was pain, but there was also joy. It was in the tension between the two that life happened. Imperfect as it was, this world was real. Illusion was no substitute. I'd rather live a hard life of fact than a sweet life of lies.”

“Mistakes are painful when they happen, but years later a collection of mistakes is what is called experience.”

“What happened when we died? How were we to know that death wasn't as profound an adventure as life was?”