“When you're screwing up and nobody says anything to you anymore, that means they've given up on you.”

“You can't make up anything anymore. The world itself is a satire. All you're doing is recording it.”

“You mean you're comparing our lives to a sonnet? A strict form, but freedom within it? Yes. Mrs. Whatsit said. You're given the form, but you have to write the sonnet yourself. What you say is completely up to you.”

“It's when people compliment you that you're in trouble. That means they expect you to keep it up.”

“See, when you mess something up, you learn for the next time. It's when people compliment you that you're in trouble. That means they expect you to keep it up.”

“Apologize when you screw up and focus on other people, not on yourself.”

“If the potential damage is moderate or in any way reversible, don't give people the chance to say no. Most people are fast to stop you before you get started but hesitant to get in the way if you're moving. Get good at being a troublemaker and saying sorry when you really screw up.”

“Mace flipped up a thumb. "You think being armed and ruthless means you can do whatever you want." He folded his thumb and flipped up his forefinger. "You think nobody will stand up to you when they're naked." He folded that one again and flipped up the next. "And you think you're going to look inside my bag."”

“Given enough time humans will screw up Wikipedia just as they have screwed up everything else, but so far it's not too bad.”

“It did seem to me that tomorrow you could wake up to anything, and that there just are no rules anymore.”