“If you can find him, then he can find you. If he wants to find you, he will.”

“Wherever you may find the inventor, you may give him wealth or you may take from him all that he has; and he will go on inventing. He can no more help inventing that he can help thinking or breathing.”

“You have to find yourself. When you meet him again, you have to know who you are. He's finding out who he is.”

“You think you've found the perfect mate and you head for him, blinking as fast as you can, and then you find out he's a Bic lighter.”

“I will not seek it," the other replied. "It has been opened once and it is enough. And you -- are you sure that man can conquer until he has been wholly defeated? Are you sure that he can find plenitude till he has known utter despair? You will not let him despair of himself, but it may be that only in such a complete despair he finds that which cannot despair and is something other than man.”

“You should find him because he loves you.”