Happiness only real when shared.

Maybe home is where the heart is given up to the one.

Every living creature on this planet dies alone.

The world eventually sends out a mean-ass Patrol Boy to slow your progress and show you who’s boss. […] He’s a mean guy, a Bad Lieutenant, the sworn enemy of goofery, fuckery, pride, ambition, loud music, and all things nineteen.

Memorize opening variations, endgame techniques, combinations, ideas, even whole games if you can, but not rules and dogma.