“If you don't pay appropriate attention to what has your attention, it will take more of your attention than it deserves.”

“While we're waiting for a cab I'll give you your lesson for today. Don't listen to what your teachers tell ya, you know. Don't pay attention. Just, just see what they look like and that's how you'll know what life is really gonna be like.”

“If anyone had been paying attention to the signs, they would have realized that air turns white when things are about to change, that paper cuts mean there's more to what's written on the page than meets the eye, and that birds are always out to protect you from things you don't see.”

“If you believe in coincidence, then you aren't paying attention.”

“What you pay attention to grows. Pay attention to your loveliness, your magnificent self. Begin now.”

“Happiness is like a butterfly, the more you chase it, the more it will evade you. But if you turn your attention to other things, it will come and softly rest on your shoulder.”

“If you want to make people pay attention to what you're saying, you don't raise your voice but lower it: this is what really commands attention.”