One morning you wake up with more life behind you than in front of you, not being able to understand how it’s happened.

At a certain age almost all the questions a person asks him or herself are really just about one thing: how should you live your life?

You end up marrying the one you don't understand. Then you spend the rest of your life trying.

Humor is the soul's last line of defense, and as long as we're laughing we're alive

The truth of course is that if people really were as happy as they look on the Internet, they wouldn't spend so much damn time on the Internet, because no one who's having a really good day spends half of it taking pictures of themselves. Anyone can nurture a myth about their life if they have enough manure, so if the grass looks greener on the other side of the fence, that's probably because it's full of shit.

Do you remember what you always said when we went fishing on the island and slept in the tent? There's nothing wrong with being a bit scared, you said, because if you wet yourself it'll keep the bears away!

Soccer forces life to move on. There’s always a new match. A new season. There’s always a dream that everything can get better. It’s a game of wonders.

Of course the dust is building up unseen, but you learn to repress this for as long as it goes unnoticed by guests. And then one day someone moves a piece of furniture without your say-so, and everything comes into plain view. Dirt and scratch marks. Permanent damage to the parquet floor. By then it’s too late.

At a certain age almost all questions a person asks himself are about one thing: how should you live your life?