“If you have more good days than bad, you might be an optimist.If you roll out of bed in the morning looking forward to the day, you might be an optimist.If you can't wait to crack open that book and delve into a world all your own, you might be ... me!”

“Wait. Look. Notice. If you keep those three words in mind, you just might survive the next few days.”

“You know that you're a true friend when somebody says "But what about that wart on the end of his nose?" and your honest response is "What wart?". You see true friends accept you for what you are, wart and all.”

“You wish for something, you've wanted it for years, and you're sure you want it, as long as you know you can't have it. But if all at once it looks as though your wish might come true, you suddenly find yourself wishing you had never wished for any such thing.”

“In that moment Bastian made a profound discovery. You wish for something, you've wanted it for years, and you're sure you want it, as long as you know you can't have it. But if all at once it looks as though your wish might come true, you suddenly find yourself wishing you had never wished for any such thing.”

“It might not even be that great to marry your ideal. Probably, once you attained your ideal, you got bored and wanted another.”

“Look to your heart and soul first, rather than looking to your head first, when choosing. Rather than what you think, consider instead how you feel. Look to the nature of things. Feel your choices and decisions. It just might change everything.”