“Everyone else we knew growing up is the same: image of their parents, no matter how loud they told themselves they'd be different”

“How weird that must be, to stay the same as everyone else changes.”

“It's funny how two people can grow up in the same town, go to the same school, have the same friends, and end up so totally different. Family, or lack of it, counts for more than you'd think.”

“Because my mum and dad brought me up to believe that people are different but equal. And that I should treat everyone, no matter who, with the same respect I'd like to be shown.”

“If everyone started off the day singing, just think how happy they'd be.”

“No matter how far we come, our parents are always in us.”

“He exuded confidence without ever looking as is he wanted to make sure everyone else knew how confident he was.”

“Bakunin: Left to themselves people are noble, generous, uncorrupted, they'd create a completely new kind of society if only people weren't so blind, stupid and selfish.
Herzen: Is that the same people or different people?
Bakunin: The same people.”

“We can summarize utilitarianism thus: Happiness is what matters, and everyone's happiness counts the same. This doesn't mean that everyone gets to be equally happy, but it does mean that no one's happiness is inherently more valuable than anyone else's.”

“To grow up is to stop putting blame on parents”