“The rules of magic, my dear, are best not discussed. For once we understand the illusion, we no longer believe in it.”

“You must remember, my dear lady, the most important rule of any successful illusion: First, the people must want to believe in it.”

“Once we truly know that life is difficult — once we truly understand and accept it — then life is no longer difficult. Because once it is accepted, the fact that life is difficult no longer matters.”

“Life is difficult. This is a great truth, one of the greatest truths. It is a great truth because once we truly see this truth, we transcend it. Once we truly know that life is difficult-once we truly understand and accept it-then life is no longer difficult. Because once it is accepted, the fact that life is difficult no longer matters.”

“What is the nature of being a person? What is the best way to go about being a person? How did we come to be and what will become of us when we are no longer? In short: what are the rules of this game and how might we best play it?"The nature of the labyrinth, I scribbled into my spiral notebook, and the way out of it.”

“After all, my erstwhile dear,My no longer cherished,Need we say it was not love,Just because it perished?”