Mary

“I'm waiting' for my man,
Got twenty-six dollars in my hand.
He's never early, he's always late,
First thing you learn is that you always gotta' wait'

- Waiting for the Man”
― Lou Reed, Pass Thru Fire: The Collected Lyrics

“As you grow, you learn more. If you stayed as ignorant as you were at twenty-two, you'd always be twenty-two. Aging is not just decay, you know. It's growth. It's more than the negative that you're going to die, it's the positive that you understand you're going to die, and that you live a better life because of it.”
― Mitch Albom, Tuesdays with Morrie: An Old Man, a Young Man, and Life's Greatest Lesson

“It's just a temporary thing.”
― Lou Reed

“Be compassionate," Morrie whispered. And take responsibility for each other. If we only learned those lessons, this world would be so much better a place."

He took a breath, then added his mantra: "Love each other or die.”
― Mitch Albom, Tuesdays with Morrie: An Old Man, a Young Man, and Life's Greatest Lesson