I had a hundred and seventeen days in which to convince Will Traynor that he had a reason to live.

Some mistakes... Just have greater consequences than others. But you don't have to let the result of one mistake be the thing that defines you. You, Clark, have the choice not to let that happen.

Just live well. Just live

Only you, Will Traynor, could tell a woman how to wear a bloody dress.

Live boldly. Push yourself. Don't settle.

I didn't like it when he looked at me like that. I could never escape the feeling that i was being compared to someone else.

I want him to live if HE wants to live. If he doesn't, then by forcing him to carry on, you, me..... we become just another shitty bunch of people taking away his choices.

I needed to tell him, silently, that things might change, grow, or fail, but that life did go on. That we were all part of some great cycle, some pattern that it was only God's purpose to understand.

I liked the fact that I could be who I wanted to be without my sister's voice reminding me of who I had been.

You cut yourself off from all sorts of experience because you tell yourself you re not 'that sort of person

It seemed unfair that despite the fact he could not use them, or feel them, his extremities should cause him so much discomfort.

In the name of God, they stole her time and her freedom, putting shackles on her heart. They preached about God's kindness, but preached twice as much about his wrath and intolerance.

When you are in a fix, often the fix is in you.

First love is only a little foolishness and a lot of curiosity.

The dragon sits by the side of the road, watching those who pass. Beware lest he devour you. We go to the Father of Souls, but it is necessary to pass by the dragon.

I learned early in life that to laugh before breakfast was to cry before dinner.

I'd love to be considered a post-pop artist, but I love to have five or six different styles in every painting, just for the pleasure of the eye.

At the moment you're suffering from what we call Maya. Maya is illusion. Maya is a Sanskrit word that suggests that we have forgotten. We've forgotten the purpose of life.

They spent their time doing nothing... they let intimacy fuse them.

Colour has taken hold of me; no longer do I have to chase after it. I know that it has hold of me forever. That is the significance of this blessed moment

I'm thankful for the position that I'm in, I'm thankful to go to the ceremony [of Grammys] the first time, thankful for everything. I'm just taking it step by step.