Good in Crisis; Sucks at Normal.’ That about sums up my whole life, doesn’t it?

Unwinds didn't go out with a bang-they didn't even go out with a whimper. they went out with the silence of a candle flame pinched between two fingers.

The Bill of Life was signed, the Unwind Accord went into effect, and the war was over. Everyone was so happy to end the war, no one cared about the consequences

Fight, flight, and screw up royaly.

Small victories are bet­ter than none.

I'd rather be partly great than entirely useless.

Once in a while our school has half days, and the teachers spend the afternoon 'in service,' which I think must be a group therapy for having to deal with us.

(Why did they call them sneakers if it was so hard to sneak in them?)

People would cheer throw confetti and then go about breaking the resolutions they had made only moments before.

I think all mothers are alike, regardless of cultural background, when it comes to illogical cleaning.

It's called loitering, which is like littering with human beings as the trash.

Five acts - humility, gratitude, vegetarianism, yearning, and crying - get you "It". Have you tried it?

When human laws contradict or discountenance the means, which are necessary to preserve the essential rights of any society, they defeat the proper end of all laws, and so become null and void.

Logic is no answer to passion.

you told me I could beat him. You promised.

Your work is ingenious. It's quality work. And there are simply too many notes, that's all. Just cut a few and it will be perfect.

I actually think that I'm a rather optimistic and happy person; it's just that I'm not a very positive person, if you see the difference.

I want to reach as many people as possible with the message of music, of wonderful opera.

What kind of society isn't structured on greed?

The leaves that are green turn to brown. And they wither with the wind. And they crumble in your hand.

The sun had become a light yellow yolk and was walking with red legs across the sky.