"We are stuck with technology when what we really want is just stuff that works."― Douglas Adams, The Salmon of Doubt
"The truth is that the world is full of dragons, and none of us are as powerful or cool as we'd like to be. And that sucks. But when you're confronted with that fact, you can either crawl into a hole and quit, or you can get out there, take off your shoes, and Bilbo it up."― Patrick Rothfuss
"Life, with its rules, its obligations, and its freedoms, is like a sonnet: You're given the form, but you have to write the sonnet yourself. - Mrs. Whatsit"― Madeleine L'Engle, A Wrinkle in Time