“If I wanted to buy you off I'd, I dunno, give you a big gift certificate to Amazon or something.”

“Actual message in letter I mailed: Congrats on getting married! Here’s a hundred-dollar gift certificate to Amazon.com. You could buy something practical, or you could buy 101 copies of my .99 cents ebook. Just kidding—I didn’t mean to imply that buying 101 copies of my book was impractical. 
”

“Books! I dunno if I ever told you this, but books are the greatest gift one person can give another. ”

“It's not big," Veck said, "but it's flawless. That was important to me. I wanted to give you something...flawless”

“Anyone can get a degree or a certificate in something. Big deal. A piece of paper from a university somewhere doesn't define a person. It won't tell you who I am.”

“A gift involves sacrifice. If you give away something that you no longer value or want, it cannot be a gift. It is simply a discarded item.”