“In order to live free and happily, you must sacrifice boredom. It is not always an easy choice.”

“Jonathan Seagull discovered that boredom and fear and anger are the reasons that a gull's life is so short, and with those gone from his thought, he lived a long fine life indeed.”

“You're always free to change your mindand choose a different future, or a different past.”

“Do you have any idea how many lives we must have gone through before we even got the first idea that there is more to life than eating, or fighting, or power in the Flock? A thousand lives, Jon, ten thousand!”

“How easy it is to be compassionate when it's yourself you see in trouble.”

“Boredom between two people doesn't come from being together physically. It comes from being apart mentally and spiritually.”

“You are led through your lifetime by the inner learning creature, the playful spiritual being that is your real self. Don't turn away from possible futures before you're certain you don't have anything to learn from them. You're always free to change your mind and choose a different future, or a different past.”