“Success is a little like wrestling a gorilla. You don't quit when you're tired. You quit when the gorilla is tired.”

“It’s a little like wrestling a gorilla. You don’t quit when you’re tired you quit when the gorilla is tired.”

“Change is like dancing with a Gorilla - you can't stop when you are tired. You can only stop when the gorilla is ready to stop.”

“You can fool some of the people all of the time, and those are the people you need to concentrate on.”

“We have this idea that love is supposed to last forever. But love isn't like that. It's a free-flowing energy that comes and goes when it pleases. Sometimes, it stays for life; other times it stays for a second, a day, a month or a year. So don't fear love when it comes simply because it makes you vulnerable. But don't be surprised when it leaves either. Just be glad you had the opportunity to experience it.”

“I had never planned to become a savanna baboon when I grew up; instead, I had always assumed I would become a mountain gorilla.”

“In fiction classes... you find that epiphany has a pretty high rate of occurrence... But when you tell your own story honestly, that epiphany thing is rare... The only changes are emergencies or blessings: when you wake up, notice the surroundings, then fall back, and wander more. And if you're lucky you end up walking again through a life where you're never called on to do much noticing.”