“It is the hardest thing in the world to frighten a mongoose, because he is eaten up from nose to tail with curiosity. The motto of all the mongoose family is “Run and find out,” and Rikki-tikki was a true mongoose.”

“That was the thing to remember about all monsters, They love to frighten
people, but the minute you stare them down, they turn tail and run.”

“O love is the crooked thing,
There is nobody wise enough
To find out all that is in it,
For he would be thinking of love
Till the stars had run away
And the shadows eaten the moon.”

“It is all true that war is an evil thing, but there is no technologies without wars in the world. The motto of war is competition.”

“Safeguard the warmth of the family, because all the warmth of the world will not make up for it.”

“True friends. Hardest thing to find, but you never look for them - they found you; you just grow into each other”

“The hardest thing of all is to find a black cat in a dark room, especially if there is no cat.”

“Few know the joys that spring from a disinterested curiosity. It is like a cheerful spirit that leads us through worlds filled with what is true and fair, which we admire and love because it is true and fair.”

“Of all the groups that sometimes claim to own your life, family is the hardest to defend your individual sovereignty from.”

“There is a thing that happens when you are not as privileged and you start hanging out with a seedier crowd because you can afford to do the same things, […] And all of a sudden the big night out is sitting in somebody's trailer, smoking something or getting hold of something to put up to your nose.”