Sometimes things seem so unbearable in the middle of the night, don't they? In the middle of the night, we're all such children. - Gabrielle Zevin

Daddy always said that an option that you know to have a bad outcome is only a fool's option, i.e., not an option at all. And I liked to think that Daddy hadn't raised a fool.

Hi," Sam said, without looking at her. "You can watch if you want. I'm going to play until the end of this life."
"That's a good philosophy," Anna said.

A life isn't measured in hours or minutes. Its the quality not the length. All things considered I've been luckier than most. Almost sixteen years on Earth, and I've already had eight good ones here. I expect to have eight more before all's good said and done. Nearly thirty-two years total, and that's not too shabby