"We spend our lives afraid of change, but after many years, I realized the beauty of life is the change. And through it all, I had such wonderful memories of you. For even though you, Barrel and I are no longer together, the two of you never really left my side."
"Change can be difficult, but it's how we grow. It can be the hardest thing to realize you can't hold onto something forever. Sometimes... you have to let it go. But of the things you let go, you'd be surprised what makes its way back to you."
— Amphibia, "The Hardest Thing"
"Be their hero, Clark. Be their angel, be their monument, be anything they need you to be... or be none of it. You don't owe this world a thing. You never did."
— Martha Kent, Batman v Superman: Dawn of Justice
"Every world has its end. I know that's kinda sad, but... That's why we gotta live life to the fullest in the time we have."
"'Dear Mrs. Doubtfire... Two months ago, my mom and dad decided to separate. Now, they live in different houses. My brother Andrew says that we aren't to be a family anymore. Is this true? Did I lose my family? Is there anything I could do to get my parents back together? Sincerely, Katie McCormick.' Oh, my dear Katie... You know, some parents, when they're angry, they get along much better when they don't live together. They don't fight all the time, and they can become better people and much better mommies and daddies for you. And sometimes, they get back together... and sometimes, they don't, dear. And if they don't, don't blame yourself. Just because they don't love each other anymore doesn't mean that they don't love you. There are all sorts of different families, Katie. Some families have one mommy, some families have one daddy, or two families. And some children live with their uncle or aunt, and some live with their grandparents, and some children live with foster parents. And some live in separate homes, in separate neighborhoods, in different areas of the country, and they may not see each other for days, weeks, months or even years at a time. But if there's love, dear, those are the ties that bind, and you'll have a family in your heart forever. All my love to you, poppet. You're going to be all right. Bye-bye."
"The reason so many people misunderstand so many issues is not that these issues are so complex, but that people do not want a factual or analytical explanation that leaves them emotionally unsatisfied. They want villains to hate and heroes to cheer — and they don't want explanations that do not give them that."
— Thomas Sowell
"...I leave it to be settled by whomsoever it may concern, whether the tendency of this work be altogether to recommend parental tyranny or reward filial disobedience."
— Jane Austen, Northanger Abbey (final line)
"I don't believe in happy endings. Children have got to face death sooner or later. Granny and Grandpa die, dogs die, cats die, gerbils and those frightful things — what are they called? — hamsters: all die like flies. So there's no point avoiding it."
"Closure is like true love and the Munich Olympics; it doesn't exist in the real world. The only thing to do now is to just keep living forward."
"I know what you're looking for, kid. You want something subversive, right? Everyone talks about an evil witch in the woods, so you wanted to befriend her and prove them wrong, right? And then it turns out that it's all one big misunderstanding! She was a good witch after all! Or maybe she was bad, and it just took the kindness of someone else to make her better. That's what all the storybooks teach you, right? Tough luck, kid. It doesn't work like that in the real world. Sometimes people are just evil and there's no helping it. And all the second chances in the world won't make a difference."
— The Crow, Crowscare
Simba: Looks like the winds are changing.
Rafiki: Ah, change is good!
Simba: Yeah, but it's not easy. I know what I have to do, but... going back means I'll have to face my past. I've been running from it for so long. (gets hit in the head by Rafiki) OW! Geez! What was that for?!
Rafiki: It doesn't matter! It's in the past! (laughs)
Simba: Yeah, but it still hurts!
Rafiki: Oh, yes, the past can hurt... but the way I see it, you can either run from it, or, learn from it.
Rafiki: Ah, change is good!
Simba: Yeah, but it's not easy. I know what I have to do, but... going back means I'll have to face my past. I've been running from it for so long. (gets hit in the head by Rafiki) OW! Geez! What was that for?!
Rafiki: It doesn't matter! It's in the past! (laughs)
Simba: Yeah, but it still hurts!
Rafiki: Oh, yes, the past can hurt... but the way I see it, you can either run from it, or, learn from it.
