“Stability was overrated. Crises and adventures, on the other hand, could actually teach you something.”

“Surprise!Adolescence is not an exciting adventure. It's actually very boring and lonelier than you could ever imagine.”

“Do not underrate others, do not underrate yourself, and do not underrate anything! Do not overrate others, do not overrate yourself, and do not overrate anything!”

“Oh, this is going to be fun; he actually thinks he's teaching me something.”

“But on the night I changed his life, I sat with my feet up and a beer in my hand and decided that if something could make me feel this good for even one night, and it didn't hurt anyone who didn't deserve to be hurt, maybe it was something I could actually do, something I might actually be good at, something that might actually make somebody proud of me.”

“Experience, then, was something that enabled you to do nothing with a clear conscience. Experience was an overrated quality.”