“It would be a lie to say I don't care what people think of me, but it would be the truth to say it doesn't matter.”

“Knowing what doesn't make you happy is equally important as knowing what does!”

“And then, this she offered to me, my one truth: "Our language," she said, "is not spoken, but sung.... Not simply words... and grammar... but melody. It was hard... thus... to learn English... this language of wood. For the people of your nation, Octavian, all speech is song.”

“Remember: What you do doesn't determine who you are; who you are determines what you do.”

“I'm not trying to be weird, I swear! But if I'd had a choice between "weird" and "ordinary", I'd still have chosen weird anyway.”

“I protested, 'A man is known by his deeds.' Oh, that's sure,' said Bono. 'Just like a house is known by its deeds. The deeds say who owns it, who sold it, and who'll be buying a new one when it gets knocked down.”

“The inability to admit imperfection is the biggest kind of weakness.”