Even if I could have told you, it would have been a lecture. Why do you think kids don’t listen to their parents, or people don’t leave churches and do what the preacher tells them?...

…their hearts had still not been hardened with the inevitable cynicism that familiarity and experience breed. 

Porque la experiencia es eso: una triste riqueza que solo sirve para saber cómo se debería haber vivido, pero no para vivir nuevamente.

Our wisdom comes from our experience,and our experience comes from our foolishness.