And being a husband made me helpless, because I had somebody to protect (somebody a little high-strung, who had a tough time emotionally with things like the lights going out indefinitely).

When we die, we will turn into songs, and we will hear each other and remember each other.

Our lives were just beginning, our favorite moment was right now, our favorite songs were unwritten.

There are all kinds of mix tapes. there is always a reason to make one.

One of Renee's friends asked her, "Does your boyfriend wear glasses?" She said, "No, he wears a Walkman.

A song nobody likes is a sad thing. But a love song nobody likes is hardly a thing at all.

I was totally clueless about social interaction, and completely scared of girls. All I knew was that music was going to make girls fall in love with me.

You know the Prince song where the girl's phone rings but she tells him, "whoever's calling couldn't be as cute as you?" I long to live out this moment in real life.

It was bewildering and humbling to keep discovering how many brave things people can fail to talk themselves out of doing.

I'd shut the whole world down just to tell you

The songs were all either fast or sad. Because all songs should be either fast or sad.

You Can't depend on your eyes when your imagination is not on focus.

What moments divine , what rapture serene.

No I'm not saying I'm the nicest I just life like it.

People win 'Oscars', and then it seems like they fall off the planet. And that's partly because a huge expectation walks in the room and sits right down on top of your head.

Happiness is doing it rotten your own way.

And even though he felt pitiful and ridiculous, he didn't want it to end, because he knew the absence of her would hurt more than any breakup ever could.

I shall never write an autobiography, I'm much too jealous of my privacy for that.

Never mind, never mind, let's get to the part where we smite the unrighteous. I've brought my most alarming teeth!

Defeat is for the valiant. Only they will know the honor of losing and the joy of winning.

Pentagon dollars are essentially seen as a different kind of funding that doesn't have to stand for itself and make an argument for itself in the house of Congress.