“People can't learn if things don't change. Mysteries. Challenges. Even threats. All of them are opportunities to learn, which is one of life's greatest joys, if not its main purpose.”

“Smart people learn from their mistakes. But the real sharp ones learn from the mistakes of others.”

“You hate change. I hate it too. But things can't stay the same- and that's well, for when nothing changes in your life, it's as good as being dead”

“Women don't have a sense of humor. They don't need one. The Almighty made them as a permanent joke on men. From which one may logically deduce tha the Almighty is a female.”

“We are allowed to suffer and allowed to observe the sufferings of others, which is sometimes even more difficult, so that we might better experience the meanings of our Creator's many names and discover a clearer picture of the nature of his character. And as we do, we learn to know him better.”

“It is a time of change,'' Sazed said. ''Perhaps it is also time to learn of other truths, other ways.”

“People who could easily be mistaken as preteens just shouldn’t even try to pull off the look-at-me-I’m-so-serious-and-mysterious-and-sexy look. Especially while driving because, please, you look like you are twelve and a half and driving with a serious look. Most kids who get the opportunity to drive illegally are smiling so big that they look dyslexic and about to piss their pants with excitement because they are in operation of a vehicle that isn’t manufactured by PlayStation. ”