“Please do not assume that you can change governments. Young people don’t understand this.”

“She gave me a disdainful look. “Please don’t make facile judgments about things you don’t understand.””

“I can understand that people get overwhelmed very quickly when you start to talk about an enormous issue like climate change. But I suggest they just choose one change and implement that in their lives, such as deciding not to eat bluefin tuna or shrimp anymore because it’s unsustainable. Then when that becomes simply part of your life, chose something else to implement. Make informed choices and make them part of your everyday life and don’t assume others are doing it for you.”

“Sometimes,” Robert said, “you choose whom you want to be with when you’re too young, and you change, and they don’t change with you.”

“State Government needs to understand that they work for the people and that the people do not work to support government.”

“You can please some of the people all of the time, you can please all of the people some of the time, but you can’t please all of the people all of the time”.”

“Books don’t change people; paragraphs do; sometimes even sentences.”

“You might have one thing in your head, but the things you’re doing don’t really lead down the right road, necessarily. When you’re young, you don’t want to hear that. You think you can do everything, be all things.”

“… treat people with understanding when you can, and fake it when you can't
until you do understand.”

“Don’t try to understand! It’s enough if you do not misunderstand.”