"I was a man who had lost his way in a jungle of books."

"I don't know what to do with my life. I just know I want to do something."

"The world, as a rule, does not live on beaches and in country clubs."

"The amount of money one has is not in direct relation to how happy one is."

"Forgive me for my grandiosity, and for my occasional bursts of self-pity."