Canadians have been accustomed to define themselves by saying what they are not.

What is life? It departs covertly. Like a thief Death took him.

For me it has always been easier here, where only the fundamentals count, to learn what every man must learn in this world.""And that, my lord?""Enough of the meaning of life to be ready to die.

How could we have achieved the set-goal, without endurance to the end?

But time in only another liar, so go along the wall a little further: if blackberries prove bitter there'll be mushrooms, fairy-ring mushrooms in the grass, sweetest of all fungi.

Those only deserve a monument who do not need one.

Why is life speeded up so? Why are things so terribly, unbearably precious that you can't enjoy them but can only wait breathless in dread of their going?

So why not become a mongrel? It's healthy

Life is a game board. Time is your opponent. If you procrastinate, you will lose the game. You must make a move to be victorious.

Find a way to my heart, and I will always be with you.

I want to be able to look at myself in the mirror and know I took everyone on.