We just got to go on, that’s all. That’s what grown-ups would do.[Also known as:]We did everything adults would do. What went wrong?

Never tell a lie when you can tell the truth.

I love you without knowing how, or when, or from where. I love you straightforwardly, without complexities or pride; so I love you because I know no other way than this: where I does not exist, nor you, so close that your hand on my chest is my hand, so close that your eyes close as I fall asleep.[Te amo sin saber cómo, ni cuándo, ni de dónde, te amo directamente sin problemas ni orgullo: así te amo porque no sé amar de otra manera, sino así de este modo en que no soy ni eres, tan cerca que tu mano sobre mi pecho es mía, tan cerca que se cierran tus ojos con mi sueño.]

Time is a slippery thing: lose hold of it once, and its string might sail out of your hands forever.

Life is made of so many moments that mean nothing. Then one day, a single moment comes along to define every second that comes after. Such moments are tests of courage, of strength.

It is sometimes an appropriate response to reality to go insane.

The best friend will probably get the best wife, because a good marriage is based on talent for friendship.[Also known as:]It is not a lack of love, but a lack of friendship that makes unhappy marriages.[Der beste Freund wird wahrscheinlich die beste Gattin bekommen, weil die gute Ehe auf dem Talent zur Freundschaft beruht.]

You do not follow me because I am the strongest. Pax is. You do not follow me because I am the brightest. Mustang is. You follow me because you do not know where you are going. I do.

Sometimes in life, we need a few bad days in order to keep the good ones in perspective.

So long as man remains free he strives for nothing so incessantly and so painfully as to find some one to worship.[Нет заботы беспрерывнее и мучительнее для человека, как, оставшись свободным, сыскать поскорее того, пред кем преклониться.]

I wondered if that was how forgiveness budded, not with the fanfare of epiphany, but with pain gathering its things, packing up, and slipping away unannounced in the middle of the night.

In the future… if by some miracle you ever find yourself in the position to fall in love again… fall in love with me.