Books are the plane, and the train, and the road. They are the destination, and the journey. They are home.
When you're really knowledgeable and passionate, it's hard to be stumped.
You're never going to learn something as profoundly as when it's purely out of curiosity.
Westley: Hear this now: I will always come for you. Buttercup: But how can you be sure? Westley: This is true love - you think this happens every day?
No one cares to know how much you know, until they know how much you care.
For reason, ruling alone, is a force confining; and passion, unattended, is a flame-that burns to its own destruction.
When you do something, you should burn yourself up completely, like a good bonfire, leaving no trace of yourself.