“Too much mystery is merely an annoyance. Too much adventure is exhausting. And a little terror goes a long way.”

“It isn't possible to smile too much, odd one.""Did you ever see the Joker in Batman?”

“These days, people spent too much time striving to understand their feelings - and then ended up with none that were genuine.”

“If you're still, and if you don't hope too much, peace will come to you. It's a grace. But you have to choose happiness.”

“Without faith to act as a governor, the human mind is a runaway worry generator, a dynamo of negative expectations. And because your life is yours to shape as you wish with free will, if you entertain too much anxiety about too many things, if you place no trust in providence, what you fear will more often come to pass. We make so many of our own troubles, from mere mishaps to disasters, by dwelling on the possibility of them until the possible becomes inevitable.”

“If you can spend enough time playing other people, you don't have to think too much about your own character motivations.”

“People sometimes speak in code, often without realizing they are doing so, as much a mystery to themselves as others.”