“Freedom is that instant between when someone tells you to do something and when you decide how to respond.”

“Resilience is not what happens to you. It’s how you react to, respond to, and recover from what happens to you.”

“Feelings are not supposed to be logical. Dangerous is the man who has rationalized his emotions.”

“The most likely way for the world to be destroyed, most experts agree, is by accident. That's where we come in; we're computer professionals. We cause accidents.”

“When you stood between somebody you loved and death, it was hard to be awake and it was hard to sleep.”

“It was like that Talking Head song. „And you may ask yourself, 'How did I get here?' … And you may tell yourself, 'This is not my beautiful house. And you may tell yourself, 'This is not my beautiful wife' ”. As he responded to the essay questions, Mitchell kept bending his answers toward their practical applications. He wanted to know why he was here, and how to live. It was perfect way to end your college career. Education had finally led Mitchell out into life.”

“That’s how people live, by telling stories. What’s the first thing a kid says when he learns how to talk? “Tell me a story.” That’s how we understand who we are, where we come from. Stories are everything.”