“Surprising what you can dig out of books if you read long enough, isn't it?”

“Take what you can have. Rejoice in what you can save, and do not mourn your loses for too long.”

“Once he had a grove of oaks chopped down because they were looking at him. And then insisted that they would be given decent funerals; he gave the orations. Do you have any idea how longs it takes to dig graves for twenty-three oak trees?”

“hope is like a piece of string when you’re drowning; it just isn’t enough to get you out by itself.”

“If you plan for the worst, all surprises are pleasant.”

“Read and find out.”

“I will hate the man you choose because he isn't me, and love him if he makes you smile.”