"The only thing that lasts longer than a friend's love is the stupidity that keeps us from knowing any better."

"Our heroes are people and people are flawed. Don't let that taint the thing you love."

"Sometimes people do things that hurt and it's not because they mean to. They just do. It doesn't necessarily have anything to do with you, but you end up hurt because of it."

"Sometimes the measure of friendship isn't your ability to not harm but your capacity to forgive the things done to you and ask forgiveness for your own mistakes."

"You can't show love to someone at the expense of someone else who loves you."

"It's not a matter of whether or not someone's watching over you. It's just a question of their intentions."

"Before you contradict an old man, my fair friend, you should endeavor to understand him."

"The deepest definition of youth is life as yet untouched by tragedy."

"As for me, except for an occasional heart attack, I feel as young as I ever did."

"I grow more intense as I age."

"I never feel age...If you have creative work, you don't have age or time."

"Where is the path to Grown-Up Land? How do I get there? Or will I just get old, not understanding that I'm no longer young?"