“There's only one thing that will make them stop hating you. And that's being so good at what you do that they can't ignore you.”

“Be so good they can't ignore you.”

“Obstacles can't stop you. Problems can't stop you. Most of all others can't stop you. The only one who stops you is yourself.”

“Don't let things you can't do stop you from doing things you can.”

“For a short time, I hated them. But when you think about it, what good does that do? It takes so much to hold on to hate—you lose your grip on what's important, you know?”

“You hate change. I hate it too. But things can't stay the same- and that's well, for when nothing changes in your life, it's as good as being dead”

“What good are all these books to you? You can't eat them! How can they make you happy?”

“There is nothing to make you like other human beings so much as doing things for them.”

“I just can't stop loving you,
I just can't stop loving you,
And if I stop, then tell me just what will I do?
'Cause I just can't stop loving you.”

“One day you will do things for me that you hate. That is what it means to be family.”