A boy may be as disagreeable as he pleases, but when a girl refuses to crap sunshine on command, the world mutters darkly about her moods.

We like what we like, we want what we want, and nobody needs to give us permission to feel that way!

When the sky’s falling, I take shelter under bullshit.

Get used to gaps in your comprehension, ” said Sabetha. “The rest of us certainly have.

What do you think of the old boy?" said Jean."He's got a strangely sunny view of ten years of defeat", said Locke, "but if I get killed in the next six weeks, I want him to speak at my funeral.

You want a lesson, boy? If you find yourself being born, climb back in as quick as you can, because life's a bottomless feast of shit.

Familiarity has a way of filing the sharp edges off our feelings for other people. You'll see.

I assure you that in all matters of discretion not involving food, we make etiquette tutors look like slobbering barbarians.

It’s an old Camorri tradition for when a bunch of people are planning something stupid, ” said Locke. “Actually, we have a lot of traditions for that. You’ll find out

To live the life the gods have given you, you must clutch wisely, then run. Run like the houds of hell on a sinner's scent!

Only prisoners were ever granted easy passage into a prison.

Do not deprive me of my age. I have earned it.

Admire all the stars, but what you really must admire is your very own Sun, the cosmic candle of our beloved Earth!

A true friend is the greatest of all blessings, and that which we take the least care of all to acquire.

An oak is no respecter of persons.

The Christian is not one who has gone all the way with Christ, None of us has? The Christian is one who has found the right road.

When I first hit the scene, it was just a lot of go, go, go, go, go. I have a lot of natural energy anyway, but it was over the top.

Real dialogue is where two or more people become willing to suspend their certainty in each other's presence.

But my philosophy is that plot advancement is not what the experience of reading fiction is about. If all we care about is advancing the plot, why read novels? We can just read Cliffs Notes.

I don’t love you as if you were the salt-rose, topaz or arrow of carnations that propagate fire: I love you as certain dark things are loved, secretly, between the shadow and the soul.

Hit the ball carrier harder than he hits you.