“There are some things you learn best in calm, and some in storm.”
“Some things are best learned in calm, others in storm.”
“I'd learned that some things are best kept secret.”
“As odd as it seemed, I learned that people may disappoint you, yes, but the one thing they also did was surprise you. Some of the best people were also some of the worst, there was no way to judge anyone really, you had to let them prove something.”
“You see, some things I can teach you. Some you learn from books. But there are things that, well, you have to see and feel.”
“Some lessons you learned by the book. Others you learned from cold hard experience. The latter may not be the best way to learn, but it damn well stuck.”