“Expectations are like hidden rocks in your path—all they do is trip you up.”

“I don't know whether you can look at your past and find, woven like the hidden symbols on a treasure map, the path that will point to your final destination.”

“Money is like gasoline during a road trip. You don’t want to run out of gas on your trip, but you’re not doing a tour of gas stations.”

“Reality is what trips you up when you walk around with your eyes closed.”

“They're fanatics. It's like expecting humanity from a falling rock. It's not going to have a fit of compassion and not crack your skull open.”

“You cannot expect any rational thought from a religious man. He is like a rocking log in water.”

“It is expected you should do your best for those you are assigned for, as it is expected in any other case, that you do your duty for your client.”

“"Wish" and "want" trip the feet, but "is" makes the path smoother.”

“Never try to impress a woman, because if you do she'll expect you to keep up the standard for the rest of your life.”

“All you are seeing is your own nostalgia for your girlhood trips up here into the hills, which were no doubt colored with the pleasantries of youth and idealism, which is—won’t you admit it?—finally just a form of ignorance.”