The only thing we can do is honestly learn from our falls.

You don't meet the people you love, you recognize them.

The present is the only time in which any duty can be done or any grace received.

Walls turned sideways are bridges.

Life is about not knowing, having to change, taking the moment and making the best of it.

The first time you do something only happens once.

All art is autobiographical; the pearl is the oyster’s autobiography.

Knowledge is limited. Imagination encircles the world.

Only when we are brave enough to explore the darkness will we discover the infinite power of our light.

The best advice I ever got when I was starting out: Never give up. And I never did.

Let everything happen to you: beauty and terror. Just keep going. No feeling is final.

Living with regrets is like driving a car that only moves in reverse.