Remember the quiet wonders. The world has more need of them than it has for warriors. - Charles de Lint

People who’ve never read fairy tales, the professor said, have a harder time coping in life than the people who have. They don’t have access to all the lessons that can be learned from the journeys through the dark woods and the kindness of strangers treated decently, the knowledge that can be gained from the company and example of Donkeyskins and cats wearing boots and steadfast tin soldiers. I’m not talking about in-your-face lessons, but more subtle ones. The kind that seep up from your sub¬conscious and give you moral and humane structures for your life. That teach you how to prevail, and trust. And maybe even love.

You've got to find yourself first. Everything else'll follow.

Don't you ever watch TV?
Jilly shook her head. "What? And let the aliens monitor my brain waves?"