Anger was washed away in the river along with any obligation.

Abstract words such as glory, honor, courage, or hallow were obscene beside the concrete names of villages, the numbers of roads, the names of rivers, the numbers of regiments and the dates.

All thinking men are atheists.

Why, darling, I don't live at all when I'm not with you.

No, that is the great fallacy: the wisdom of old men. They do not grow wise. They grow careful.

I have noticed that doctors who fail in the practice of medicine have a tendency to seek one another's company and aid in consultation.

When you love you wish to do things for. You wish to sacrifice for. You wish to serve.

I don't want to be your friend, baby. I am your friend.

There isnt always an explanation for everything.

I had seen nothing sacred, and the things that were glorious had no glory and the sacrifices were like the stockyards at Chicago if nothing was done with the meat except to bury it.

I felt very lonely when they were all there.

College is not important, Knowledge is

Whoever said it was better to have loved and lost was completely full of shit.

...friendship is something you do.

Caring about anyone leaves you vulnerable.

I love playing with words and texture.

The medium is secondary to the stories.

If you could live in the moment, you would see the flavor of eternity and when you metabolize the experience of eternity, your body doesn't age.

I just happen to have one of those skill sets that allows me to work in my underwear.

Librarianship is a form of heroism. It’s just not as flashy as swords and dragons.

Do not abandon trust when your ego thinks things should be different than they are.