“Things you did. Things you never did. Things you dreamed. After a long time they run together.”

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

“And what did I think
when I was small
and why did I forget?

And what else will I forget
when I grow older?

And if you forget
is it as if
it never happened?

Will none of the things
you saw or thought or dreamed
matter?”

“Of all Your work, not a thing You have forgotten; You did not add, and You did not subtract.”

“A learning experience is one of those things that say, "You know that thing you just did? Don't do that."”

“Did you ever fly a kite in bed?
Did you ever walk with ten cats on your head?
Did you ever milk this kind of cow?
Well, we can do it. We know how.
If you never did, you should.
These things are fun and fun is good.”

“It takes less time to do a thing right than to explain why you did it wrong.”

“These things you did were like prayers; you did them and you hoped they would save you. And for the most part they did. Or something did; you could tell by the fact that you were still alive.”

“In the end
these things matter most:
How well did you love?
How fully did you live?
How deeply did you let go?”

“In his heart, he knew that there was no reason to be impolite to someone, even if they did work for you. There was such a thing as manners after all.”