Civilization... wrecks the planet from seafloor to stratosphere.

Everybody is given a Dream... you may have to work for it however.

For a moment, off balance, was I annoyed? Anger is always fear, I thought, and fear is always fear of loss. Would I lose myself if he made those choices? It took a second to settle down: I'd lose nothing. They'd be his wishes, not mine, and he's free to live as he wants. The loss would come if I dared force him, tried to live for him and me as well. There'd be disaster worse than life on a bar stool.

Everything you've said, everything you want to believe is already true. You may not find some of it for a while, and some of it might take longer than that, but that doesn't stop it from being true this minute!

There is no such thing as a problem without a gift for you in its hands. You seek problems because you need their gifts.

You are always free to change your mind and choose a different future, or a different past.

You teach best that which you need most to learn.