Chapter 1. Learning to walk
- "Begin! Be bold and venture to be wise."
- "A man can't have everything, where would he put it?"— Terence Alan "Spike" Hilligan
- "Nothing is beautiful from every point of view."— Quintus Horatius Flaccus
- "Home is where the heart is."— Pliny the Elder
- "All we are is dust and shadow."— Quintus Horatius Flaccus
- "A false friend and a shadow attend only while the sun shines."— Benjamin Franklin
- "All the world's a stage, and all the men and women merely players."— William Shakespeare
- "Who in the world am I? Ah, that's the great puzzle."— Charles Lutwidge 'Lewis Carroll' Dodgson
- "Nothing is too high for the daring of mortals, we storm heaven itself in our folly."— Quintus Horatius Flaccus
- "How did I escape? With difficulty. How did I plan for this moment? With pleasure."— Alexander Dumas, Count of Monte Cristo
- "Family is the most important thing in the world."— Princess Diana
- "The little reed, bending to the wind soon stood upright again when the storm had passed over."— Aesop
- "Playing polo is trying to play golf during an earthquake."— Sylvester Stallone
- "Learn this from water, loud splashes the brook but the ocean deaths are calm."— Gautama Buddha
- "Courage is fire, and bullying is smoke."— Benjamin Disraeli
- "Great things are done by a series of small things brought together."— Vincent Van Gogh
- "Per aspera ad astra, through hardship to the stars."— Marvel Whiteside "Jack" Parsons
- "If you're going through hell, keep going."— Winston Churchill
- "To be the man, you've got to beat the man (Woooooo!)"— Richard Morgan Fliehr
- "Rember, when life's path is steep, keep your mind even."— Quintus Horatius Flaccus
- "Optimism is the faith that leads to achievement. Nothing can be done without hope and confidence."— Helen Keller
- "Carpe Diem!"— Quintus Horatius Flaccus