Jane

“You want to be grateful for every precious second, but you simply can’t do it. It’s not in human nature to live life to the fullest. Haven’t you ever noticed that equal amounts of pain and joy are not, in fact, equal in duration? Pain drags on until you wonder if life will ever be bearable again; pleasure, though, once it’s reached its peak, fades faster than a trodden gardenia, and your memory searches in vain for the sweet scent.”
― George Alec Effinger, When Gravity Fails

“Pah! I wave my cuff at hindsight as if it were a bothersome fly. Life can only be lived forwards, Ulysses. All that matters is what you do now.”
― Kevin Ansbro, The Fish That Climbed a Tree

“Bee. Nothing happens to you. You happen to everything.”
― Robin Hobb, Assassin's Fate

“Those who rejected you were preparing you for those who would accept you.”
― Matshona Dhliwayo