"...you have to use your failures as stepping stones to success. You have to maintain a fine balance between hope and despair. In the end it’s all a question of balance."
— Rohinton Mistry (A Fine Balance)

"Everyone underestimates their own life. Funny thing is, in the end, all our stories...they're the same. In fact, no matter where you go in the world, there is only one important story: of youth, loss and yearning for redemption. So we tell the same story, over and over. Only the details are different. "
— Rohinton Mistry (Family Matters)

"Where there is great love, there are always miracles. "
— Willa Cather

"Most of the basic material a writer works with is acquired before the age of fifteen."
— Willa Cather

""Love is a combination of admiration, respect, and passion. If you have one of those going, that's par for the course. If you have two, you aren't quite world class but you're close. If you have all three, then you don't need to die; you're already in heaven""
— William Wharton (Ever After: A Father's True Story)