Things do not always happen the way I would have wanted, and it's best that I get used to that.

God, I am trying to recover my faith. Please don't abandon me in the middle of this adventure, I prayed, pushing my fears aside.

... I simply accept that technology is stronger and more powerful than me: it works when it wants to, and when it doesn't its best to go for a walk, and just wait until the cables and telephone links are in a better mood and the computer decides to work again. I am not, I have discovered, my computers master: it has a life of its own.

We cannot all see the dreams in the same way.

Every search begins with beginner’s luck. And every search ends with the victor’s being severely tested.

Warriors always have a certain gleam in their eyes.

Sometimes, we are so attached to our way of life that we turn down wonderful opportunities simply because don't know what to do with it.