“Things don't always work out the way we expect them to... you can't just give up.”

“...You don't always get what you expect. I wish someone, sometime when I was growing up, would have told me what expectations would get me. ... Our parents, schools, everyone tells us things will be a certain way when we're adults and if they're not that way, we should make them be; or at least pretend. But after a certain point that just doesn't work.”

“Sometimes, things don't work out the way we want them to.”

“Do you give up?" Shezmu bellowed."No!" I yelled. "No, we don't give up. We will name you. Just . . . Gosh, you're quite well muscled, arn't you? Do you work out?”

“You just can't go back and expect your mind to be blown by the same thing every time. Life doesn't work that way.”

“Even if things don't unfold the way you expected, don't be disheartened or give up. One who continues to advance will win in the end.”