“ Some humans are good, some humans are bad. Sometimes you have to kill the spiders to save the butterflies.

“ It’s a terrible thing, I think, in life to wait until you’re ready. I have this feeling now that actually no one is ever ready to do anything. There is almost no such thing as ready. There is only now. And you may as well do it now. Generally speaking, now is as good a time as any.

“ They do not teach you this in school. They do not show you the beauty of existing, they do not show you the wonder of the Earth, they do not show you the unity that human beings are. They show you who is better, who is worse. They show you what they need to show you in order for their system to survive. They do not show you love.

“ Someone once asked me, “Why do you insist on taking the hard road?” I replied, “Why do you assume I see two roads?

“ You deserve a day where worries don’t get in the way. A day where, even if some people are insensitive or unkind, you’re not going to mind because the blessings you receive are far better than the burdens you experience.

“ The sign of intelligence is that you are constantly wondering. Idiots are always dead sure about every damn thing they are doing in their life.

“ A dreamer is someone who can only find his way by moonlight, and his punishment is that he sees the dawn before the rest of the world.

“ That’s the best revenge of all: happiness. Nothing drives people crazier than seeing someone have a good fucking life.

“ Never confuse a single defeat with a final defeat.

“ The only thing that makes life possible is permanent, intolerable uncertainty: not knowing what comes next.

“ Whoever we are here, we might be princesses somewhere else. Or writers. Or scientists. Or presidents. Or whatever the hell we want to be that everyone else says we can’t be.