• "There is a tide in the affairs of men, which, taken at the flood leads on to fortune. Omitted, all the voyage of their lives are bound in shallows and miseries. On such a full sea are we now afloat, and we must take the current as it serves, or lose our ventures." -William Shakespeare (Julius Caesar)
• "As happens sometimes, a moment settled and hovered and remained for much more than a moment. And sound stopped and movement stopped for much, much more than a moment. Then gradually time awakened again and moved sluggishly on." -John Steinbeck (Of Mice and Men)
• "And the little prince said to the man, 'Grownups never understand anything for themselves, and it is tiresome for children to be always explaining things to them.'" -Antoine de Saint-Exupéry (The Little Prince)
• "Perhaps we all give the best of our hearts uncritically to those who hardly think about us in return." -T.H. White
• "There seems to be a kind of order in the universe…in the movement of the stars and the turning of the Earth and the changing of the seasons. But human life is almost pure chaos. Everyone takes his stance, asserts his own right and feelings, mistaking the motives of others, and his own." -Katherine Anne Porter
• "It’s the good girls who keep diaries. The bad girls never have the time. Me...I just wanna live a life I’m gonna remember. Even if I don’t write it down." -Talullah Bankhead
• "No man, for any considerable period, can wear one face to himself -- and another to the multitude, without finally getting bewildered as to which may be the true." -Nathaniel Hawthorne
• "When so many are lonely as seem to be lonely, it would be inexcusably selfish to be lonely alone." -Tennessee Williams
• "You're reason and your passion are the rudder.. and the sails of your seafaring soul. If either be broken, you can but toss and drift, or else be held at a standstill in mid-seas. For reason, ruling alone, is a force confining; and passion, unattended, is a flame that burn to it’s own destruction." -Kahlil Gibran
• "Who knows what true happiness is, not the conventional word.. but the naked terror. To the lonely themselves, that wears a mask, the most miserable outcast hugs some memory.. or some illusion." -Joseph Conrad
• "Time takes it all, whether you want it to or not. Time takes it all, time bears it away.. and in the end.. there is only darkness. Sometimes we find others in that darkness, and sometime we lose them there again." -Stephen King
• "He felt that his whole life was some kind of dream, and he sometimes wondered whose it was, and whether they were enjoying it." -Douglas Adams
• "And Hansel said to Gretel, 'Let us drop these breadcrumbs... so that together we find our way home. Because losing our way would be the most cruel of things.'"
• "And losing your way on a journey is unfortunate. But, losing your reason for the journey... is a fate more cruel."
• "And once you lose yourself, you have two choices: find the person you used to be... or lose that person completely."
• "Because, sometimes, you have to step outside of the person you've been. And remember the person you were meant to be. The person you wanted to be. The person you are."
• "'All are architects of fate... living in these walls of time." -Henry Wadsworth Longfellow
• "All are architects of fate... so look not mournfully into the past. It comes not back again." -Henry Wadsworth Longfellow
• "You can not run away from weakness; you must fight it out... or perish. And if that be so, why not now, and where you stand?" -Robert Louis Stevenson
• "Do not look back and grieve over the past, for it is gone, and do not be troubled about the future, for it has yet to come. Live in the present, and make it so beautiful that it will be worth remembering." -Ida Scott Taylor
• "Most of our life is a series of images. They pass us by like towns on the highway. But sometimes a moment stuns us as it happens. And we know that this instant is more than a fleeting image. We know that this moment, every part of it, will live on forever."
• "Does this darkness have a name? This cruelty, this hatred. How did it find us? Did it steal into our lives or did we seek it out and embrace it? What happened to us? That we now send our children into the world like we send young men into war, hoping for their safe return. But knowing that some will be lost along the way. When did we lose our way? Consumed by the shadows, swallowed whole by the darkness. Does this darkness have a name? Is it your name?"
• "There are moments in our lives when we find ourselves at a crossroads. The choices we make in those moments can define the rest of our days. And, of course when faced with the unknown, most of us prefer to turn around and go back. But, once in a while, people push onto something better. Something found just beyond the pain of going it alone. And just beyond the bravery and courage it takes to let someone in. Or to give someone a second chance. Something beyond the quiet persistence of a dream. Because, it's only when you’re tested that you truly discover who you are. And, it's only when you're tested that you discover who you can be. The person you want to be does exist; somewhere on the other side of hard work and faith and belief. And, beyond the heartache and fear of what lies ahead."
• "You ever look at a picture of yourself and see a stranger in the background? It makes you wonder how many strangers have pictures of you, how many moments of other peoples lives have we been in, were we a part of someone's life when their dreams came true, or were we there when their dreams died. Did we keep trying to get in, as if we were somehow destined to be there, or did the shot take us by surprise. Just think, you could be a big part of someone else's life, and not even know it."
• "Do you ever wonder how long it takes to change your life? What measure of time is enough to be life altering? Is it four years like high school? One year? An eight week rock tour? Can your life change in a month, or a week, or a single day? We're always in a hurry to grow up, to go places, to get ahead. And when you're young, one hour can change everything."
• Mouth: Take a look at yourself in a mirror who do you see looking back?

Haley: Is it the person you want to be? Dan: Or is there someone else you were meant to be the person you were meant to be but fell short of? Mia: Is someone telling you you can’t or won’t? Because you can. Chase: Believe that love is out there. Nathan: Believe that dreams come true every day. Because they do. Peyton: Sometimes happiness doesn’t come from money or fame or power. Sometimes happiness comes from good friends and family and the quiet nobility of leading a good life. Julian: Believe that dreams come true every day. Because they do. Brooke: Believe that dreams come true every day. Because they do. Peyton: So take a look in that mirror and remind yourself to be happy because you deserve to be. Believe that. Lucas: And believe that dreams come true every day. Because they do.

• "Remember tonight, for it is the beginning of always. A promise. Like a reward for persisting through life so long alone. A belief in each other and the possibility of love. A decision to ignore, simply rise above the pain of the past. A covenant, which at once binds two souls and yet severs prior ties. A celebration of the chance taken and the challenge that lies ahead. For two will always be stronger than one, like a team braced against the tempest civil world. And love will always be the guiding force in our lives. For tonight is mere formality. Only an announcement to the world of feelings long held. Promises made long ago. In the sacred spaces of our hearts. "