“Do only work that matters, and you will end up pleasing those who are important enough to care about it.”

“There is no second place for doing first rate work.”

“Fear is caused by the uncertainty of the future. Sorrow is caused by the remembrance of the past. Try to keep your thoughts in the present, for the future we will never know and the past we may nev...”

“True happiness comes when you give your best in something beyond yourself.”

“Hope is a gift we give ourselves in our darkest despair.”

“A single thread of hope is stronger than all the chains that bind you.”

“I believe that God gives you hopes and dreams in a size that's too large, so you have something to grow into.”

“Honor your desire for a new life. Say yes to the small inklings of interest and curiosity that present themselves each day.”

“Keep your best wishes, close to your heart and watch what happens”

“Llarimar had told him to do his best. That sounded like an awful lot of work. Unfortunately, doing nothing was beginning to seem like even MORE work.”

“In his opinion, working was vastly overrated. Particularly as a way to build character, for everyone who engaged in it was far too snappish and fussy, and seemed to have no manners at all.”

“There was a sergeant at a desk. I knew he was a sergeant because I recognized the marks on his uniform, and I knew it was a desk because it's always a desk. There's always someone at a desk, except...”