"Some of us get dipped in flat, some in satin, some in gloss...." He turned to me. "But every once in a while, you find someone who's iridescent, and when you do, nothing will ever compare."

"I'm sorry for my inability to let unimportant things go, for my inability to hold on to the important things."

"At the end of the day, let there be no excuses, no explanations, no regrets."

"Life is so beautiful that death has fallen in love with it, a jealous, possessive love that grabs at what it can. But life leaps over oblivion lightly, losing only a thing or two of no importance, and gloom is but the passing shadow of a cloud..."

"No man ever steps in the same river twice, for it's not the same river and he's not the same man."

"It's better to burn out than to fade away."

"It all goes away. Eventually, everything goes away."

"As soon as you trust yourself, you will know how to live."

"The world is a tragedy to those who feel, but a comedy to those who think."

"The aim of life is to live, and to live means to be aware, joyously, drunkenly, serenely, divinely aware."

"People are like stained-glass windows. They sparkle and shine when the sun is out, but when the darkness sets in, their true beauty is revealed only if there is a light from within."

"There are two tragedies in life. One is to lose your heart's desire. The other is to gain it."

"Never complain, never explain. Resist the temptation to defend yourself or make excuses."

"Life has no remote....get up and change it yourself!"

"Every luxury must be paid for, and everything is a luxury, starting with being in this world."

"Scar tissue is stronger than regular tissue. Realize the strength, move on."

"Many people die at twenty five and aren't buried until they are seventy five."

"I believe there is another world waiting for us. A better world. And I'll be waiting for you there."

"It's not the men in your life that matters, it's the life in your men."

"Develop an interest in life as you see it; the people, things, literature, music - the world is so rich, simply throbbing with rich treasures, beautiful souls and interesting people. Forget yourself."

"I am fated to journey hand in hand with my strange heroes and to survey the surging immensity of life, to survey it through the laughter that all can see and through the tears unseen and unknown by anyone."

"I don’t live in either my past or my future. I’m interested only in the present. If you can concentrate always on the present, you’ll be a happy man. Life will be a party for you, a grand festival, because life is the moment we’re living now."