“if i followed any of the rules, i wouldn't be where i am today”

“I've never had any intentions about anything. That's why I am where I am today, which is neither here nor there, in a literal sense.”

“I followed my heart without breaking any rules.”

“I'm in no position to hand down any advice," he said, "but there's a rule I follow when I don't know what to do.""A rule?""If you have to choose between something that has form and something that doesn't, go for the one without form. That's my rule. Whenever I run into a wall I follow that rule, and it always works out. Even if it's hard going at the time.”

“I was a rule-follower. I obeyed all forms of authority. I had never before encountered a situation where the authority was clearly wrong and I had to stand up for what was right.”

“I hate to be where sheis not,when she is not. And yet I am always going, and she cannot follow.”