"Her absence is like the sky, spread over everything."

"Hardship often prepares an ordinary person for an extraordinary destiny."

"Expect the best. Prepare for the worst. Capitalize on what comes."

"You cannot solve a problem until you acknowledge that you have one and accept responsibility for solving it."

"The fault, dear Brutus, is not in our stars, but in ourselves."

"If you have tears, prepare to shed them now."