"Too many roads were open... I took... By far, the simplest of them all. I decided to be, in every matter, always, admirable!" ~Cyrano de Bergerac by Edmond Rostand (translated into English, I forget by whom)
"When you obtain a talisman of great worth, you should exchange it quickly for a bag of beans. Protection is nothing like as valuable as climbing to the sky." ~Tough Guide to Fantasyland by Diana Wynne Jones
"And in that moment, I swear we were infinite." ~The Perks of Being a Wallflower by Stephen Chbosky