“If you try to make something just to fit your uninformed view of some hypothetical market, you will fail. If you make something special and powerful and honest and true, you will succeed.”

“..:The reason that you are different and don't fit-in, is because you are destined for greatness and something very special. So don't get discourage and quit trying to fit-in. Just embrace who you are, where you are, and what you are. Make the best of it. Appreciate every minute and every second of your life. You are one of a kind. You are a special edition. And only those who will appreciate you, will be the ones that come aroud you:..”

“Can you imagine doing something in your life that will be fully satisfying and redeeming for your having tried to do it, whether you succeeded in it or failed, and that, correspondingly, would be fully shameful had you not tried to do it?”

“If you believe something will make the world better, then it's always worth a try, even if you fail.”

“It will make you powerful. But it will also make you weak. Your prowess in combat will be beyond any mortal's, but your weaknesses, your failings will increase as well."You mean I'll have a bad heel?" I said. "Couldn't I just, like, wear something besides sandals? No offense.”

“What makes something special is not just what you have to gain, but what you feel there is to lose.”