“Among the tortures and devastations of life is this then — our friends are not able to finish their stories.”

“The book of Philippine history is far from finished. However, does every sentence in our country’s story need to be finished with a period?”

“My friends have made the story of my life.”

“It is never quite safe to think we have done with life. When we imagine we have finished our story fate has a trick of turning the page and showing us yet another chapter.”

“She told the story, however, with great spirit among her friends; for she had a lively, playful disposition, which delighted in any thing ridiculous.”

“The shelf was filled with books that were hard to read, that could devastate and remake one's soul, and that, when they were finished, had a kick like a mule.”

“A story is not finished, until it has taken the worst turn.”

“Without death,' he answered, 'life is meaningless. It is a story that can never be told. A song that can never be sung. For how would one finish it?”

“Intimate, loving, and enduring relationships with our family and close friends will be among the sources of the deepest joy in our lives.”

“Perhaps the story you finish is never the one you begin.”