I believe that anyone who says that sex is overrated just hasn't done it properly.

Are you scared?’ asked Mr. Ibis. ‘Not really.’ ‘Well, try to cultivate the emotions of true awe and spiritual terror, as we walk. They are the appropriate feelings for the situation at hand.

I lay on the bed and lost myself in stories. I liked that. Books were safer than other people anyways.

If you dare nothing, then when the day is over, nothing is all you will have gained.

When you start off, you have to deal with the problems of failure. You need to be thickskinned, to learn that not every project will survive.

25 And the Lord spake unto the Angel that guarded the eastern gate, saying 'Where is the flaming sword that was given unto thee?' 26 And the Angel said, 'I had it here only a moment ago, I must have put it down some where, forget my own head next.' 27 And the Lord did not ask him again.

"Ocean" is more about ... powerlessness and hopelessness. When we're very small we can't actually do anything - we have no say in what happens, we have no money or resources, we sometimes have no idea what's going on.