An Abundance of Katherines

by John Green

Prodigies can very quickly learn what other people have already figured out; geniuses discover that which no one has ever previously discovered. Prodigies learn; geniuses do.

What is the point of being alive if you don’t at least try to do something remarkable?

how you matter is defined by the things that matter to you. You matter as much as the things that matter to you do.