Did we salivate for sadness, or had we only learned to enjoy what we were forced to eat?

This feat I also had no idea how to accomplish, but ignorance had never stopped me from taking action before.

no one asks poor people if they want war.

...nothing is more precious than independence and freedom...

He responded with one of those looks of pity and amusement I was by now so used to getting, the kind that implied not only was my fly undone, but that there was nothing to see even if it was.

give a woman the chance to reject something else besides me

Quoting Nguyen Du - Talent and destiny are apt to feud.

Some animals could see in the dark, but it was only humans who deliberately sought out every possible route into the darkness of our own interiors.

While it is better to be loved than hated, it is also far better to be hated than ignored.

cheered by the optimism that one sometimes had at the beginning of strenuous exercise, a kind of helium that filled our lungs and carried us along

That is what revolutionaries do. We sacrifice ourselves to save others.

Are you in love with your idea more than your reality? Change that.

As an evil cultist, I make an excellent evil cultist. Only I'm stupid, and not evil. And I worship nothing, really.

My mother said to me "If you become a soldier you'll be a general if you become a monk you'll end up as the pope." Instead I became a painter and wound up as Picasso.

Patriotism demands of us sustained sacrifice.

I mean, I'll say the filthiest things in the world, but when it comes down to it, I'm kind of a prude.

Isn't this the best part of breakin' up? Finding someone else you can't get enough of. Someone who wants to be with you, too.

I view life as a learning experience. It is not so much all about music; it is about what happens when you are doing the music.

As a kid, I had this ultimate goal to be a teacher. I wanted to be a history teacher like my dad.

One guy wanted an outline of my foot. Another guy wanted locks of my hair.

You can't imagine how gratifying it is to have a reader come up to you and say, 'You changed my life.'