“Don't wait for your ship to come in, swim out to it.”

“If your ship doesn't come in, swim out to meet it.”

“So many people are waiting for their happiness to come. It's not here yet, but they are waiting. It's like standing in a line waiting for your bus. One day, people say, my ship will come. One day, I'll make it. One day, I'll be happy. Ships come and go, and they wait for theirs. They think about jumping on other people's ships. They think everything. Yet, incredibly enough, there has always been someone who has pointed out the simple fact that what we are looking for is inside.”

“Sacrifice and neon lights slave ships don't wait. Love many, trust few, and don't be late”

“It is the only case on record of a man swimming toward a sinking ship.”

“Bite your lips, little brother… Don't cry. Keep your anger, your hate, for another day, for later. The day will come but not now… Wait. Clench your teeth and wait…”

“I had thought if you are CEO, it's like you're the captain of a ship. You are bound together and share your fate with the ship until she goes down, but I realised, as the ship sank, there are people who can swim it through so well ahead of others and be saved.”

“If you don't want to sink, you better figure out how to swim”

“She took out a shiny folded pamphlet, the kind they kept stacked in clear plastic stands in hospital waiting rooms. "How to Come Out to Your Parents," she read out loud. "LUKE. Don't be ridiculous. Simon's not gay, he's a vampire.”

“There is no good reason. Don't waste your life waiting for good reasons… You'll wait and wait.”