Anything that is exclusive will be accused of elitism; living one’s dreams will be called pretentious. So let’s indulge the whim and see where it takes us.

You're afraid of getting hurt like I'm afraid to die. It doesn't mean I'm not going to live every day to its fullest.

Life can only be understood looking backward. It must be lived forward.

Don't you ever get the feeling that all your life is going by and you're not taking advantage of it? Do you realize you've lived nearly half the time you have to live already?

She was restless. She drove a little too fast, swam a little too far offshore. She hitchhiked. She skied recklessly. While Sylvia's rabid perfectionism was very real, she was far from the good-girl persona she worked so hard to cultivate.

Boring people live boring lives.