Food and fire, protection and companionship, were some of the things he received from the god. In return, he guarded the god's property, defended his body, worked for him, and obeyed him.

Life is not a matter of holding good cards, but sometimes, playing a poor hand well.

Show me a man with a tattoo and I'll show you a man with an interesting past.

You can't wait for inspiration. You have to go after it with a club.

The proper function of man is to live, not to exist. I shall not waste my days in trying to prolong them. I shall use my time.

The most beautiful stories always start with wreckage.

A bone to the dog is not charity. Charity is the bone shared with the dog, when you are just as hungry as the dog.

It is so much easier to live placidly and complacently. Of course, to live placidly and complacently is not to live at all.

The Wild still lingered in him and the wolf in him merely slept.

There's only one way to make a beginning, and that is to begin; and begin with hard work, and patience, prepared for all the disappoint­ment s.

I would rather be a superb meteor, every atom of me in magnificent glow, than a sleepy and permanent planet.

If one can picture the words, then the works of the writer is an accomplishment!

world is small to hate but very big to love

Man is the universe becoming conscious of itself.

It's just cool to witness talent.

It is very clear that one way to challenge insults is to submit to them.

Rudeness is better than any argument; it totally eclipses intellect.

All religions are the same: religion is basically guilt, with different holidays.

You're my best friend, my first and only love, and the most beautiful girl I've ever seen

One thing in my defense, not that it matters: I know something Carter never knew, or Helene, or maybe you. I know what "nothing" means, and keep on playing.

What characters do must grow out of who they are, and who they are is, in turn, influenced by what you make happen to them.