"Everything was beautiful and nothing hurt."
— Kurt Vonnegut (Slaughterhouse-Five)

"Why didn't I learn to treat everything like it was the last time. My greatest regret was how much I believed in the future."
— Jonathan Safran Foer (Extremely Loud and Incredibly Close)

"People are never perfect, but love can be. "
— Tom Robbins (Still Life with Woodpecker)