“Hang on to your youthful enthusiasms -- you’ll be able to use them better when you’re older.”

“You can pretend that your life is going on when really, all along, you’re trapped in a moment you’ll never be able to change.”

“It’s better to hang out with people better than you. Pick out associates whose behavior is better than yours and you’ll drift in that direction.”

“Most people live life backwards. They party and kill time in their youth, when they’re strong and have the energy to accomplish great things. And then they’re older, they try to get things done, but they have less energy and enthusiasm by that time.”

“Youth is the time for dreams, boy...The trick is, when you get older, not to forget them.—Captain John Winters”

“In his earliest youth, he had drawn inspiration from really bad authors, as you may have seen from his style; as he grew older, he lost his taste for them, but the excellent authors just didn’t fill him with the same enthusiasm”