“At your absolute best, you still won't be good enough for the wrong person. At your worst, you'll still be worth it to the right person.”

“Sometimes you can see things happen right in front of your eyes and still jump to the wrong conclusions.”

“Always believe in your dreams, because if you don't, you'll still have hope.”

“Your best days are still out in front of you”

“And you won't make me jealous if I hear that they sweetened your night:
We weren't lovers like that and besides it would still be all right.”

“It is human life you value isn't it? Not its worth. Just human life. As if it were gold and could be neither good nor bad nor worth more nor worth less but must always be worth the same no matter what. One human life is one human life to you. You are absurd! Like your democracy, which you imagine you got from the Greeks, who had slaves. One vote for each person. What a stupid idea! The worst in your eyes possess the same value as the best. You have no way of differentiating between them.”

“If you have just one person believe in you, you'll always find your way”

“A 'good job' can be both practically attractive while still not good enough to devote your entire life to.”

“Until you deal with your real personal issues, you'll never be able to control yourself.”

“We've seen the worst that men can do, pa, and been the worst that men can be. But that don't mean that someday we won't see the best, too. And if we can never be perfect after this, well, we can still be pretty good, can't we?”