“The world is always changing. Learn how to allow for it. Somone makes a promise, and then they break it. A play gets good notices, and then it folds. A marriage looks strong, and then they divorce. For a while there's no war, and then there's another war. If you get too upset about it all, you become a stupid, unhappy person—and where's the good in that?”
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“See how a body will change, to give you the best chance it can.”
“We change the Clave,” said Alec. “From inside. We make new Laws. Better ones.”
“You can't start the change unless dare to be different.”
“Nothing is easier than self-deceit. For what every man wishes, that he also believes to be true.”
“...things happen when you least expect them. Things that can change your whole life.”