The Tibetan Book of Living and Dying says that death is the graduation ceremony, while living is just a long course in learning and preparing for the next journey. If we acknowledge death as the beginning, then how can we fear it? - Nikki Sixx A graduation ceremony is an event where the commencement speaker tells thousands of students dressed in identical caps and gowns that 'individuality' is the key to success. - Robert Orben

The years after graduation hardened me into someone quite different from the strutting graduate who left campus that day headed for New York city, ready to offer the world his talent. The world, I discovered. was not all that interested. - Mitch Albom A few months after graduation I was working in films. It took off pretty quick. - Moira Kelly I received $100 per week when I started working at the Globe after graduation. - Will Mcdonough Most of us won't see one another after graduation, and even if we do it will be different. We'll be different. We'll be adults--cured, tagged and labeled and paired and identified and placed neatly on our life path, perfectly round marbles set to roll down even, well-defined slopes. - Lauren Oliver I fell in love with theater there, and after graduation I moved to Los Angeles to pursue acting. - Olivia Wilde