"Everyone wishes to be loved, but in the event, nearly no one can bear it. Everyone desires love but also finds it impossible to believe that he deserves it."
"It is my ambition to say in ten sentences what others say in a whole book."
"Augustus," I said. "Really. You don't have to do this.""Sure I do," he said. "I found my Wish.""God, you're the best," I told him."I bet you say that to all the boys who finance your international travel," he answered."
"It takes as much energy to wish as it does to plan."
"A goal without a plan is just a wish."