“The sated day is never firstThe best day is a day of thirstYes, there is goal and meaning in our path -but it is the way that is the labour's worth.”

“Denn eine Sache ist, daß der Kaffee gut ist, eine andere, daß man sich das nicht ohne weiteres als selbstverständlich anmerken lassen darf.”

“Hur kan jag säga om din röst är vacker.Jag vet ju bara, att den genomtränger migoch kommer mig att darra som ett lövoch trasar sönder mig och spränger mig.”

“Den mätta dagen, den är aldrig störstDen bästa dagen, är en dag av törstNog finns det mål och mening i vår färdMen det är vägen, som är mödan värd”

“The most important trip you may take in life is meeting people halfway.”

“It didn't take a Harvard economist to figure out that it'd be a hell of a lot cheaper spending money on helping keep kids safe when they were younger than it was to put them in jail when they were older. That was the American way, though. Spend a million dollars rescuing some kid who's fallen down a well, but God forbid you spend a hundred bucks up front to cap the well so the kid never falls down it in the first place.”

“It's hard, to live in the present. Right this minute. We spend most of our time in the past. Or in the future…about half in each. But to live in the present! Hardly anybody can do it.”