“Be what you want to be, not what people expect you to be.”

“People do what you inspect, not what you expect.”

“If you want to. That’s the important thing. For you to do what you want to do. Not what you think anyone else wants or expects you to do.”

“Only half of writing is saying what you mean. The other half is preventing people from reading what they expected you to mean.”

“The best way to get people to do what you want is not to be too particular about what you want.”

“The whole thing's illusion, [Jacob], and there's nothing wrong with that. It's what people want from us. It's what they expect.”

“You are one of the rare people who can separate your observation from your preconception. You see what is, where most people see what they expect.”

“You are one of the rare people who can separate your observation from your perception… you see what is, where most people see what they expect.”

“Climate is what you expect, weather is what you get.”

“Love has nothing to do with what you are expecting to get - only with what you are expecting to give - which is everything”