Blood has an oder faint but distinct, of conceit and modesty, of courage and cowardice, of charity and greed, of faith and doubt, in short the fragrance of what we might have been and the smell of what we are...

~ Dean Koontz

Dean Koontz Blood Charity Could Have Been Courage Cowardice Doubt Faith Fragrance Greed Life Might Have Been Odd Thomas Scent What We Are

Nothing in the world can take the place of Persistence. The desire and ability to press on has and always will solve the problems of the human race and divide those who achieve from those who might have been.

~ Jeffrey Fry

Jeffrey Fry Ability Achieve Always Will Can Take Desire Divide Human Race In The World Might Have Been Nothing Persistence Place Press On Problems Solve

We should have taken our chances back then, when we were young and beautiful and didn't even know it.

~ Lois Mcmaster Bujold

Lois Mcmaster Bujold Aging Love Might Have Been Nostalgia Regret Self Reflection Wistfulness