“I've learned that no matter how serious your life requires you to be, everyone needs a friend to act goofy with.”

“Learn what life requires,
How little nature needs!”
Discite, quam parvo liceat producere vitam, Et quantum natura petat.

“[Everyone needs] a woman who'll listen, take your side, tell the truth - or not, as you need it. A woman you can count on, no matter what, and who'll love you no matter how much you screw up.”

“My dear young cousin, if there's one thing I've learned over the eons, it's that you can't give up on your family, no matter how tempting they make it.”

“The truth is that, no matter what kind of game you find yourself in, no matter how good or bad the luck, you can change your life completely with a single thought or a single act of love”

“I've always sort of wondered: If everyone else's opinion is what matters, then do you ever really have one of your own?”

“When you need help, learn how to become your all.”

“When you need help, learn how to become your all.”

“If you have good friends, no matter how much life is sucking, they can make you laugh.”

“She seemed to soften at that, but then she asked, "Has anything really changed?"
"I've learned I need to consult you in matters, lest you decapitate me.”