Read at least one book a month. This is self-serving, obviously. It's a proven fact that people who read buy more books than people who don't read. In truth, I wish you'd read ten books a month, or at least buy that many.

I didn't know there was a dying-professor section at the bookstore.

It's easy to be smart when you are parodying smart people.

The brick walls are there to stop the people who don't want it badly enough. They are there to stop the other people!

Look for the best in everybody

Be good at something. It makes you valuable. Have something to bring to the table, because that will make you more welcome.

Whatever news we get about the scans, I’m not going to die when we hear it. I won’t die the next day, or the day after that, or the day after that. So today, right now, well this is a wonderful day. And I want you to know how much I’m enjoying it.” I thought about that, and about Jai’s smile. I knew then. That’s the way the rest of my life would need to be lived.