For years now, I've wanted to fall asleep. The sort of slipping off, the giving up, the falling part of sleep. Now sleeping is the last thing I want to do.

You know how they say you only hurt the ones you love? Well, it works both ways.

It's only after we've lost everything that we're free to do anything.

This is your life and its ending one moment at a time.

If you could be either God’s worst enemy or nothing, which would you choose?

I don't want to die without any scars.

On a long enough time line, the survival rate for everyone drops to zero.

Only after disaster can we be resurrected. It's only after you've lost everything that you're free to do anything. Nothing is static, everything is evolving, everything is falling apart.

Only in death will we have our own names since only in death are we no longer part of the effort. In death we become heroes.

This was freedom. Losing all hope was freedom.

Without pain, without sacrifice we would have nothing. Like the first monkey shot into space.

Substance of your belief has nothing to do with the size of the book you use or how often you open it.

Tolerating women is surprisingly easier than understanding them.

In the true married relationship, the independence of husband and wife will be equal, their dependence mutual, and their obligations reciprocal.

There's no division on my bookshelf between fiction and nonfiction. As far as I'm concerned, fiction is about the truth.

It is the duty of all nations to acknowledge the providence of Almighty God.

Beijing would indeed consider vetoing any American effort to sanction Iran at the Security Council.

Riches make cowards of us.

I don’t want to make the same mistakes I’ve made before. I want to be free. I want to be with you. We will be together. I believe I will have less to live for, if I am not with you.

History shows that tax increases during a recession are a recipe for greater unemployment and economic loss.

It's all about commerce. Movies are not made like paintings, where you can make them for free and put them at the side. Movies are supposed to make money.