“All alone! Whether you like it or not, alone is something you'll be quite a lot!”

“You can get help from teachers, but you are going to have to learn a lot by yourself, sitting alone in a room.”

“You won't lag behind, because you'll have the speed. You'll pass the whole gang and you'll soon take the lead.Wherever you fly, you'll be best of the best.Wherever you go, you will top all the rest.Except when you don't.Because, sometimes, you won't.”

“The Sneetches got really quite smart on that day. The day they decided that Sneetches are Sneetches. And no kind of Sneetch is the best on the beaches. That day, all the Sneetches forgot about stars and whether they had one, or not, upon thars.”

“And when you're alone there's a very good chanceyou'll meet things that scare you right out of your pantsThere are some, down the road between hither and yon,that can scare you so much you won't want to go on.”

“Unless someone like you cares a whole awful lot,Nothing is going to get better. It's not.”

“I'm afraid that sometimes you'll play lonely games too. Games you can't win 'cause you'll play against you.”