She had an unequalled gift... of squeezing big mistakes into small opportunities. — Henry James. American and British writer (1843–1916) Mistakes, Opportunity
Do not mind anything that anyone tells you about anyone else. Judge everyone and everything for yourself.
Live all you can; it's a mistake not to. It doesn't so much matter what you do in particular, so long as you have your life. If you haven't had that what have you had?
The only obligation to which in advance we may hold a novel, without incurring the accusation of being arbitrary, is that it be interesting.
Three things in human life are important: the first is to be kind; the second is to be kind; and the third is to be kind.
Live all you can - it's a mistake not to. It doesn't so much matter what you do in particular, so long as you have your life. If you haven't had that, what have you had?