“Don't be like anybody else. Be different. Then you can make a
contribution. Otherwise, you just echo something; you're just a reflection.”

“Get rid of those terrible jeans that everybody else wears. And wear something different for a change, so you don't just look like a clone.”

“You don't have to believe in my miracles. You can call them accidents or coincidences, if you must. But don't pity me for my faith. And don't presume that you're better, just because you believe something different.”

“There is something you can do that no one else can do just like you so love your life!”

“Sometimes when you sacrifice something precious, you're not really losing it. You're just passing it on to somebody else.”

“Alan, you seem to think we won't like you unless you do things just like everyone else. Have you ever thought we might like you because you're different?”

“Be free. Don't just make freedom something you have, make it something you do … something you ARE!”

“I'm not myself.' '… You can never say that. You're just a piece of yourself right now that you don't like.”

“Pretend to be a delinquent?" I asked clarifying.
"You can do it," Dave advised me. "Just don't smile, and try to look like you're considering stealing something.”

“When you love someone - when you create a child with him - you don't just suddenly lose that bond. Like any other energy, it can't be destroyed, just channeled into something else.”