“Real joy is never influenced.”

“You are born to be wild but end up being named, tamed and chained.”

“Anything is possible if you're true to yourself.”

“Like a battery, the human mind and body must be fully discharged to stretch their capacity.”

“Every change is a win-win situation if you allow it to take its natural course.”

“Times, they are a-changing. Change accordingly, the sooner the better.”

“Lucian's father had warned him to fear idle men. Without the pride gained from a good day's work, they were left to their vices and the doubts that crowded their head. Their hatred. Their envy.”

“She was wearing her fuzzy pink hat and she was happy, which was so obnoxious. She'd become one of those people who waltzed through life without so much as a split end, and I was still one of those ...”

“We may be just a drop in the ocean, but even the ocean envies the depth of our love.”

“Hate is strong, fear is mighty, jealousy is powerful, but love is invincible.”

“Excellence annoys your haters, success infuriates them, and genius kills them.”

“Only what is below you tries to pull you down.”

“I built an idea in my head of the hero I wanted to be, a grab bag of traits from heroes, villains, and side characters. I did not have book role models, I had book blueprints.But there remained a h...”

“I am not always good and noble. I am the hero of this story, but I have my off moments.”

“Ethan: "You think I'm a hero?"Beth: "Yes."Ethan: "But lousy husband material?" Like that really mattered to him.Beth: "Don't sweat it. So was Superman.”