“Sentiment has never been unpopular except with a few sick persons who are made sicker by the sight of a child, a glimpse of a wedding, or the thought of a happy home.”
“A person who's happy will make others happy; a person who has courage and faith will never die in misery!”
“A theory is something nobody believes, except the person who made it. An experiment is something everybody believes, except the person who made it.”
“A person is never happy except at the price of some ignorance.”
“But it isn't that I'm just Pat. I'm both Pat and the person who knows that being Pat is itself a sign of my sickness. I never totally lose sight of that difference, though the degree to which I'm aware I've regressed varies, and there are times when I don't know a life outside of Pat's child world. (103)”
“Show me a person who has never made a mistake and I'll show you someone who has never achieved much.”