As the dry thirst for water, the starving hunger for food and lungs demand air to breathe, the one thing a soul truly craves is freedom.

Even though we don't admit it, every single one of us aspires to be like somebody, whether they live in the world today, within the bard's lyrics, or on the pages in the Library

The most striking quality that humans and animals have in common is the capacity to experience suffering.

I wanted more than anything to connect to someone. I wanted to feel alive again. I just felt dead inside. I could understand how some people just gave up. This darkness was overwhelming.

Using simple equipment and daylight alone is for me a pleasure and a replenishment.

Taiwan gives a lot of foreign aid to Costa Rica, so it looks like they are basically buying the right to fish, even though it's not legal.

The bully and his victim never quite forget their first relations.

Who gives an empire, by the gift defeats All end of giving; and procures contempt Instead of gratitude.

There's a lot of people scared of me, and I can't blame them. They call me crazy so much I think I'm starting to believe them.

Life is one big minefield, and the only place that isn't a minefield is the place they make the mines.

Some people take certain things and they try to forget what that pain felt like. I don't. I take that same pain and I chase it every time I walk in a weight room.