“The distance is nothing when one has a motive.”
“I do not wish to avoid the walk. The distance is nothing when one has a motive.”
“Distance is nothing when you are something.”
“You think Ivy's a planner? She has nothing on a motivated elf with too much money.”
“It's one of those things a person has to do; sometimes a person has to go a very long distance out of his way to come back a short distance correctly.”
“I have to wonder if you're not being slightly naive here. I mean, are you saying that you want nothing for people? You have no motives? Everybody has motives. Name the person, the circumstances, I'll name the motive. Even saints have motives -- to feel like saints, probably. ... But still, the point of any relationship is obtaining something from another person.”