...it's just as bad to live in a place where what you do see isn't there as it is to live in one where what you don't see is.

What you can do is often simply a matter of what you will do.

Have you ever heard a blindfolded octopus unwrap a cellophane-covered bathtub?

The most important reason for going from one place to another is to see what's in between, and they took great pleasure in doing just that.

I am the Terrible Trivium, demon of petty tasks and worthless jobs, ogre of wasted effort, and monster of habit.

But I suppose there's a lot to see everywhere, if only you keep your eyes open.

Expectations is the place you must always go to before you get to where you're going. Of course, some people never go beyond Expectations, but my job is to hurry them along whether they like it or not.