“It's lame when you try so hard to get what you want, and then when you get it, you realize you need something else even harder to get.”

“It's so awful when you need something from someone else, even though you're not sure what it is, and then you don't get it.”

“It's so hard to get up again—although of course the harder it is the more satisfaction you have when you do get up, haven't you?”

“When you can't get what you want, get what you need”

“I know, I say, after he says, This is hard, for the third time. This is what happens when you have a TRM, I tell him. You make a mess. It's okay. You just have to try harder next time.I am trying hard, Dad says.I know. You get a sticker.Thank you.Okay. You get another sticker for being polite.”

“If you don't get what you want, you suffer; if you get what you don't want, you suffer; even when you get exactly what you want, you still suffer because you can't hold on to it forever.”