"Under the ruse of giving an academic lecture, I was trying to put myself in a bottle that would one day wash up on the beach for my children."
Introduction, The Last Lecture p. 2

"'Just because you're in the driver's seat,' he'd say, 'doesn't mean you have to run people over.'"
Chap. 1, The Last Lecture p. 23

"'When you're screwing up and nobody says anything to you anymore, that means they've given up on you.'"
Chap. 2, The Last Lecture pp. 36-37

"The brick walls are there for a reason. They're not there to keep us out. The brick walls are there to give us a chance to show how badly we want something."
Chap. 2, The Last Lecture pp. 51-52

"'The brick walls are there to stop the people who don't want it badly enough. They're there to stop the other people.'"
Chap. 3, The Last Lecture...