“Some people never participate. Life is what happens to them. They get by on little more than dumb persistence and resist with anger or violence all things that might lift them out of their resentment-filled illusions of security.”

— Frank Herbert, Dune

“Time is a companion that goes with us on a journey. It reminds us to cherish each moment because it will never come again. What we leave behind is not as important as how we lived our lives.” 

— Cpt. Jean-Luc Picard