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Our eyes perceive so dimly, and our brains are so easily confused. Far better, I believe, to be like children and open ourselves to every beautiful possibility, for there is nothing our hearts can imagine that is not so.
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“I’ve come close enough a few times to know there’s no good way to go. Some ways are better than others, of course, but however it happens, the end result will always be the same. I guess all you can do is try to be happy and make the most of your days, so when the time comes, the people you leave behind can rest happy knowing you lived your best life.”
― A Matter of Life and Death
― A Matter of Life and Death
“Who knows why people are different? We are born with a certain nature, I think. And then the world takes its swings at us.”
― Lucy by the Sea
― Lucy by the Sea
“I hope that in this year to come, you make mistakes. Because if you are making mistakes...you're Doing Something.”
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