"I am only resolved to act in a manner which will constitute my own happiness without reference to you or any person so wholly unconnected with me."
— Jane Austen (Pride and Prejudice)

"Brick walls are there for a reason. The brick walls are not there to keep us out. The brick walls are there to show how badly we want something. Because the brick walls are there to stop the people who don’t want something badly enough. They are there to keep out the other people"
— Randy Pausch (The Last Lecture)