“All around the dining hall, you can feel the rejuvenating effect that a good meal can bring on. The way it can make people kinder, funnier, more optimistic, and remind them it's not a mistake to go on living. It's better than any medicine.”

“Cheat your landlord if you can and must, but do not try to shortchange the Muse. It cannot be done. You can't fake quality any more than you can fake a good meal.”

“If it makes you feel better, I’m not happy with the way all this went down any more than you are. But sometimes things have to go wrong in order to go right. (Acheron)”

“To know you're going to die, and to be prepared for it at any time.
That's better. That way you can actually be more involved in your life
while you're living.”

“The biggest mistake any of us can make is thinking that love is a feeling, an emotion. It's not that at all. It's an action.”

“Learn from the mistakes of others. You can never live long enough to make them all yourself.”

“When it’s all set and done the purpose of life is to live the best way we can. We all make mistakes and should definitely learn from them.”

“We can do more good by being good than in any other way.”

“You can learn more about a person by watching them eat one meal than by listening to them speak for a whole day.”

“There are only two mistakes one can make along the road to truth; not going all the way, and not starting.”