“I had always been blithely convinced that if I followed the side roads for long enough Id trip over something wonderful, that thing you never know youre looking for until you land on it that sudden...”

“I didnt believe that God told some guy, however many thousands of years ago, Hey, build a ginormous boat in this desert over here. I liked it as a story, though, because it seemed like the kind of ...”

“I didn’t believe that God told some guy, however many thousands of years ago, “Hey, build a ginormous boat in this desert over here.” I liked it as a story, though, because it seemed like the kind ...”

“The search for something permanent is one of the deepest of the instincts leading men to philosophy.”

“Writing has the power of permanence.”

“I like the stars. It's the illusion of permanence, I think. I mean, they're always flaring up and caving in and going out. But from here, I can pretend...I can pretend that things last. I can prete...”

“Fortune sides with him who dares.”

“We only have one life (unless youre a cat or a Buddhist) and its often dictated to us by what society tells us we should do. So we normalize and accept the paradox. We glamorize busy, but long to t...”

“The price of success is the risk of self-esteem.”

“The truth." Dumbledore sighed. "It is a beautiful and terrible thing, and should therefore be treated with great caution.”

“The truth is rarely pure and never simple.”

“Never tell the truth to people who are not worthy of it.”