“Life is about moving, it’s about change. And when things stop doing that they’re dead.”

“The best thing about a picture is that it never changes, even when the people in it do.”

“When you stop doing things for fun you might as well be dead.”

“Work is a blessing when it helps us to think about what were doing; but it become a curse when its sole use is to stop us thinking about the meaning of our life.”

“When the dead are done with the living, the living can go on to other things," Franny said. "What about the dead?" I asked. "Where do we go?”

“The thing about talking swords…it’s hard to tell when they’re kidding. They have no facial expressions. Or faces.”

“The hard thing about death is that nothing ever changes. The hard thing about life is that nothing stays the same.”

“Life is about learning; when you stop learning, you die.”

“What you're supposed to do when you don't like a thing is change it. If you can't change it, change the way you think about it. Don't complain.”

“If you’re alive, don’t move, if you’re dead, don’t worry about it.”