We will remember their kindnesses, joy, and light, and not these last desperate moments of their lives.

Fortune favors the bold," he said. "But she'll only fall for a bloke who's got an ace up his sleeve.

Bloodlines and last names didn't make a man extraordinary — the extraordinary existed in what we did in life, not in who we were.

I don't find courage in the act of sacrificing myself on behalf of the people I love; rather, I find my strength in hoping I'll still have a life to share with them.