Character is what you have left when you've lost everything you can lose.

Walking isn't a lost art: one must, by some means, get to the garage.

—Evan Esar

Most new books are forgotten within a year, especially by those who borrow them.

—Evan Esar

Think twice before you speak, and then you may be able to say something more insulting than if you spoke right out at once.

—Evan Esar

Statistician: A man who believes figures don't lie, but admits that under analysis some of them won't stand up either.

—Evan Esar

A signature always reveals a man's character—and sometimes even his name.

—Evan Esar

Rejection, though—it could make the loss of someone you weren't even that crazy about feel gut wrenching and world ending.

—Deb Caletti in The Secret Life of Prince Charming

Oh, my friend, it's not what they take away from you that counts. It's what you do with what you have left.

—Hubert Humphrey

It is better to have loved and lost than never to have lost at all.

—Samuel Butler

It was too hard to fall in love with someone, learn all of their quirks and passions, assume you'd spend the rest of your life with them, and then suddenly have them snatched away forever.

—Caren Lissner in Starting from Square Two

I don't think you understand how easy it is to make a mistake that will cost you forever.

—Sarah Dessen in Someone Like You