“The real purpose of the scientific method is to make sure nature hasn’t misled you into thinking you know something you actually don’t know.”

“What’s the opposite of déjà vu, when you see something that hasn’t happened yet?”

“I don’t know—avant verrais?”

“To be sure you know no actual good of me, but nobody thinks of that when they fall in love.”

“I don’t think it would actually make you happier to be told you were right about this,” he said finally.
“I don’t want to be happy,” Dahl said. “I just want to know.”

“I think beauty comes from actually knowing who you are. That's real beauty to me.”

““There’s something you should know about me.”
“What’s that?”
“I don’t know, but you should know it.””

“Your basic problem is that you don’t yet know yourself inside and simply want to know what’s outside. This will only make you agitated and confused, without serving any purpose.”

“You can't think on purpose about somebody or something. Either you think about them naturally or you don't think at all.”

“It's funny how you can think you know someone pretty well, and then something happens or they do something that makes you understand that you didn't really know them at all.”

“All you know is what you think you know, but that isn't always what's real.”