“You are a conniving, deceitful hussy. I stand in awe." "You're sitting." "I sit in awe.”

“Many people think excitement is happiness.... But when you are excited you are not peaceful. True happiness is based on peace.”

“Why is the measure of love loss?”

“What's the point of having a voice if you're gonna be silent in those moments you shouldn't be?”

“You may control a mad elephant; You may shut the mouth of the bear and the tiger; Ride the lion and play with the cobra; By alchemy you may learn your livelihood; You may wander through the universe incognito; Make vassals of the gods; be ever youthful; You may walk in water and live in fire; But control of the mind is better and more difficult.”

“On the whole human beings want to be good, but not too good, and not quite all the time.”

“If my mind can conceive it, and my heart can believe it - then I can achieve it.”

“The usual warmth of his hands wasn’t there. They chilled my skin as they slipped to my waist, and I realized he was scared.”