“Some things you cannot wish away or think away. They become part of you when you remember them.”

“Just remember that certain things you see, you can't take them back. And no amount of wishing will make them go away.”

“Some things you can fix, and some things you can’t. And I just think it is a shame to walk away from the things you can.”

“It's only when caterpillarness is done that one becomes a butterfly. That again is part of this paradox. You cannot rip away caterpillarness. The whole trip occurs in an unfolding process of which we have no control.”

“Don't tell people what you are thinking, or you will miss them terribly when you are away.”

“Sometimes when you get older — and I’m not talking about you, I’m talking generally, because everyone ages differently — things you think on and wish on start to seem real. And then you believe them, and before you know it they’re part of your history, and if someone challenges you on them and says they’re not true — why, then you get offended because you can’t remember the first part. All you know is that you’ve been called a liar.”