“These carwreck conversations always seem to end this way, with me knocked out on the gurney and you serenely pull away.”

“If something knocks you five degrees out of whack, the journey of a thousand miles that begins with a single step ends up thousands of miles away from its intended destination.”

“Life is like crossing a river. If you take a huge step-aim for too bigger dreams-then the current will knock you off your feet and carry you away.
The way to do it is small steps, you will take hold of life. You will get there in the end.”

“There’s a thing the children say.
—What do the children say?
—They say: Will you always love me?
—Always.
—Will you always remember me?
—Always.
—Will you remember me a year from now?
—Yes, I will.
—Will you remember me two years from now?
—Yes, I will.
—Will you remember me five years from now?
—Yes, I will.
—Knock, knock.
—Who’s there?
—You see?”

“The only way out of our suffering is through it. From an ancient Sanskrit writing: Do not try to drive pain away by pretending that it is not real. If you seek serenity in oneness, pain will vanish of its own accord.”

“There seemed to be no end to this wood, and no beginning, and no difference in it, and, worse of all, no way out”

“The way you make me feel,
You really turn me on,
You knock me off my feet,
My lonely days are gone.”

“The ways of the British are inscrutable but they always seem to obtain their own ends without compromising their dignity or their honor.”

“Artem called me out, I will knock him out”

“A happy marriage is a long conversation which always seems too short.”