Even a feeble-minded man wants to be like other men." --Charlie Gordan

I don’t know what’s worse: to not know what you are and be happy, or to become what you’ve always wanted to be, and feel alone.

I am afraid. Not of life, or death, or nothingness, but of wasting it as if I had never been.

Just leave me alone. I'm not myself. I'm falling apart, and I don't want you here.

Intelligence and education that hasn't been tempered by human affection isn't worth a damn.

There are a lot of people who will give money or materials, but very few who will give time and affection.

So this is how a person can come to despise himself-knowing he's doing the wrong thing and not being able to stop.

Strange about learning; the farther I go the more I see that I never knew even existed.

People think it's funny when a dumb person can't do things the same way they can.

I can't afford to spend my time with anyone - there's only enough left for myself

Thank God for books and music and things I can think about." --Charlie Gordan

Save time, worry about everything all at once!

If he looks at me like that again Dottie will need a bucket and mop to get me back to my room.

...with a strong strong glow of courage, drank off the potion.

You consider me for a moment, perhaps balancing the weight of your fear against the loneliness you will later feel in your room if you do not speak now

I grew up in a country that I thought was special. And it was.

Fathers should make you feel safe.

We think we should have to work in order to feel. We want to have our cake resist us; and then we want to eat it, too.

For our daughters and our granddaughters now, the sky is the limit.

I would have Simon Cowell sing 'Shiny Happy People' by R.E.M. just to show his true personality.

The beginning is the most important part, especially when dealing with anything young and tender.