“Instead of agonizing about the things you can't change, why don't you try working on the things you can change”

“What you're supposed to do when you don't like a thing is change it. If you can't change it, change the way you think about it. Don't complain.”

“Don't ever let anyone tell you that things can't be changed, that things can't be done. The can and they will, if we are united in what we believe.”

“If you don't like something, change it; if you can't change it, change the way you think about it. ”

“How he could be a good user of LSD," I asked, "And know about the spiritual dimension - all that sort of thing - and still be a crook? I don't understand.""Then it's time you did. Psychedelic drugs don't change you - they don't change you character - unless you want to be changed. They enable change; they can't impose it...”

“Things change, Briony. You can't stop them, and you'll drive yourself crazy if you try.”