Don't allow yourself to become one who, nearing death, regrets what you might have done if only you had taken a few risks. We each have a purpose in life.

Gillian Stokes

All the Men will be sailors then, until the sea shall free them.

Leonard Cohen

We're born alone, we live alone, we die alone. Only through our love and friendship can we create the illusion for the moment that we're not alone.

Orson Welles

What is dead may never die.

George R.R. Martin

He who hurries through life hurries to his grave.

George R.R. Martin

We all want to be happy, and we're all going to die... You might say those are the only two unchallengeably true facts that apply to every human being on this planet.

William Boyd