“Obsessing about things is important, and things really do matter, but if you can't let go of them, you'll end up crazy.”

“Let's change things.
Let's danger it up.
We're crazy enough.
I just can't take it.”

“Don't listen to anyone who tells you that you can't do this or that. That's nonsense. Make up your mind, you'll never use crutches or a stick, then have a go at everything. Go to school, join in all the games you can. Go anywhere you want to. But never, never let them persuade you that things are too difficult or impossible.”

“In the end, I've found that it doesn't really matter who you marry. If you like them at the beginning, you probably won't like them at the end. And if you start off hating them, there's always the chance you'll end up thinking they're all right.”

“Go and do the things you can't. That is how you get to do them.”

“Most things will be okay eventually, but not everything will be. Sometimes you'll put up a good fight and lose. Sometimes you'll hold on really hard and realize there is no choice but to let go. Acceptance is a small, quiet room.”

“Sometimes if you let people do things to you, you're really doing it to them.”

“You'll see, you'll come to understand. These big things, these terrible things, are not the important ones. If they were, how could one go on living? No, it is the small, little things that make up a day, that bring fullness and happiness to a life.”

“You can't forget the things you did in the past, or you'll never learn from them.”

“The most important thing in life is to love what you're doing, because that's the only way you'll ever be really good at it.”