“Have 10 friends who believe in your dreams than 100 friends who never do. It’s not about numbers; it’s about purpose.”

“When I read obituaries I always note the age of the deceased. Automatically I relate this figure to my own age. Four years to go, I think. Nine more years. Two years and I’m dead. The power of numbers is never more evident than when we use them to speculate on the time of our dying.”

“However cozy things seemed, the facts of life were the same. You couldn’t escape death: It would get us all in the end.”

“Numbers do not feel. Do not bleed or weep or hope. They do not know bravery or sacrifice. Love and allegiance. At the very apex of callousness, you will find only ones and zeros.”