To me, that's the key thing, the pursuit of happiness. That's the basic, ultimate freedom.

We're like licorice. Not everybody likes licorice, but the people who like licorice really like licorice.

You ain't gonna learn what you don't wanna know.

Somebody has to do something, and it's just incredibly pathetic that it has to be us.

Truth is something you stumble into when you think you're going someplace else.

You don't want to be the best at what you do, you want to be the only one.

Nothing left to do but smile.

It's pretty clear now that what looked like it might have been some kind of counterculture is, in reality, just the plain old chaos of undifferentiated weirdness.

Constantly choosing the lesser of two evils is still choosing evil.

If you're able to enjoy something, to devote your life to it or a reasonable amount of time and energy, it will work out for you.

All I know is, if you listen to society, you'll never get anywhere!

Fear is the will's little baby. It arises with the possibility you will lose what you desire.

Take distinct steps and exploits. Those who are distinct and distinguished always score distinction. Go there, be there and stay there.

A bird can roost but on one branch. A mouse can drink no more than its fill from a river.

Croatia is an amazing place.

All my life, Following Care along the dusty road, Have I looked back on loveliness and sighed.

My music wouldn't sound the way it does if I hadn't had the experience of conducting.

The greatest irony in the world is that you are so blessed and don't know it.

If a book is worth reading, it is worth buying.

The climate of our culture is changing. Under these new rains, new suns, small things grow great, and what was great grows small; whole species disappear and are replaced.

Annabeth: Hey, Seaweed Brain. Percy: Will you stop calling me that? Annabeth: You know you love it.