At some point, there would simply be no point.

Be creative, be useful, be practical, be generous and finish big

Don't aim for perfect. Aim for complete. Perfection is an unattainable illusion.

Everything she did and love, everything she was, required language.

Take what you've learned and love someone again. Find someone to love and love without condition. This is why we're all here.

... just because [butterflies'] lives were short didn't mean they were tragic... See, they have a beautiful life.

I smile, loving him for changing with me, for going where my Neglect has taken us, for getting the new me.

Alice: I miss myself. John: I miss you too, Ali, so much.

But I am not what I say or what I do or what I remember. I am fundamentally more than that.

In the ladies' room, Alice studied her image in the mirror. The reflected older woman's face didn't quite match the picture that she had of herself in her mind's eye." p 35

Time's a funny thing, bending, warping, stretching, and compressing, all depending on perspective.

Maintain a balance life: Nurture your physical, emotional, and spiritual needs.

I don't need to control anything. Even with romantic partnerships, I don't need to control anyone.

A man of bad character punishes his own soul.

Women like jewelry. They're like racoons: show them some shiny stuff and they'll follow you home.

I got my first real six string, bought it at the five and dime, played it 'til my fingers bled.

We are so accustomed to disguise ourselves to others that in the end we become disguised to ourselves.

Do some good to the ghetto, Mr. Kris Kringle. Come and stay awhile, kick it with God's Angels. Take and acknowledge my wisdom and understand That Santa Claus is a black man.

I'm an obsessive hiker and I do it every day for two hours and it really helps me when it comes to learning songs or scripts.

If we're unified, there's nothing we cannot do.

People do business with people who make them feel special.