“There's nothing I value more than the closeness of friends and family, a smile as I pass someone on the street.”

“I eventually became proud of my strikeouts, because each one represented another learning experience.”

“To be successful, one must take chances.”

“Judgment traps you within the limitations of your comparisons. It inhibits freedom.”

“The baby batScreamed out in fright,'Turn on the dark,I'm afraid of the light.”

“I will not join the rat race because I'm not a rat. And I will not blindly follow a specific faith because I'm not a bat. The only race I'll take part in is for humans being humane. It's called the...”

“A good cricketer never loses his nerve.He just bats on!”

“It's Sanjit. It's a Hindu name. It means 'invincible.'""That's great," Lana said."Invincible. I can't be vinced.""That's not even a word," Lana said."Go ahead: try to vince me," Sanjit said.”

“Be content to love, to dazzle in the light,If only for momentsAnd then be gone,With gladness in your heart,Before the creeping shadowsClaim too much your sadness at leaving.”

“So asking you to take a moonlit walk with me, that would totally not work?""What?" Again that glare. "Go away. Stop being an idiot. I don't even know you.""You're healing my little brother Bowie.""...”