01 - "Truth, however bitter, can be accepted, and woven into a design for living."
- The Hollow by Agatha Christie
02 - "Which comes first yesterday or tomorrow? All we know is that what we think of as past, present and future is nothing more than a story stitched together in our basal ganglia. Our entire concept of time is an artificial construct."
- from the tv show Perception
03 - “I personally believe we developed language because of our deep inner need to complain.”
- The Search for Signs of Intelligent Life in the Universe by Jane Wagner
04 - Two Girls: "How do you call yourself?"
Poirot: "Hercule Poirot."
Two Girls: "That's not a name, that's a noise."
- from the tv show Agatha Christie's Poirot
05 - "I don't obsess. I think, intensely."
- from the tv show Charmed, original version
06 - "I win not because I am a woman, because I am the boss."
- from the tv show The Six Million Dollar Man
07 - "For future reference: When I say I agree with you, it means I'm not listening."
- from the tv show Elementary
08 - “I wasn’t meant for reality, but life came and found me.”
- The Book of Disquiet by Fernando Pessoa
09 - "When did we became adults? Even though we age, we still get flustered. We are still immature, we don't know much and we make a lot of mistakes. There are no adults in the world. Just children with wrinkles."
- from the Korean tv series, I do, I do
10 - “We had our breakfasts — whatever happens in a house, robbery or murder, it doesn't matter, you must have your breakfast.”
- The Moonstone by Wilkie Collins
11 - "I have no idea what I'm doing, but I know I'm doing it really well."
- from the tv show Parks and Recreation
12 - "When you're young you got time
When you're old, you've built a life
In between you're just along for the ride
Nothing's in a straight line
Like the wrinkles on your eyes
Try to take it one candle at a time
When we turn 96
With a smile on our lips
I'll have nothing left to wish"
- lyrics from Pictures by Matt Nathanson from the album Boston Accent
13 - "Everything ends, and it's always sad. But everything begins again too, and that's... always happy. Be happy."
- from the tv show Doctor Who