“He was old and wise, which meant tired and disappointed...”
“I'm tired of making people sad and I'm tired of disappointing them and I'm tired of seeing them break. I have seen this too many times. He will be the last.”
“A wise old owl once lived in a wood, the more he heard the less he said, the less he said the more he heard, let's emulate that wise old bird.”
“A wise old owl sat on an oak; The more he saw the less he spoke; The less he spoke the more he heard; Why aren't we like that wise old bird?”
“Which is crueler, an old man's lost memories of a life lived, or a young man's lost memories of the life he meant to live?”
“Men marry because they are tired; women, because they are curious: both are disappointed.”