Anything we need to know, we can learn it from a book. Reading, careful study, a little practice, and we’re throwing knives expertly, overhauling engines, speaking Esperanto like natives.

There are no mistakes. The events we bring upon ourselves, no matter how unpleasant, are necessary in order to learn what we need to learn; whatever steps we take, they're necessary to reach the places we've chosen to go.

The river delights to lift us free, if only we dare let go.

We [Americans] are game-playing, fun-loving creatures; we are the otters of the universe.

You will begin to touch heaven, Jonathan, in the moment that you touch perfect speed. And that isn’t flying a thousand miles an hour, or a million, or flying at the speed of light. Because any number is a limit, and perfection doesn’t have limits. Perfect speed, my son, is being there.

Laughing on the way to your execution is not generally understood by less-advanced life forms, and they call you crazy.

Sometimes when you say goodbye, that's the right thing to do in a relationship.