Greatness is more than potential. It is the execution of that potential.

It's not enough to create magic. You have to create a price for magic, too. You have to create rules.

Give a man a hoe and he is something to exploit. Give him a book and he is something to fear.

Don’t go for good or better

It inspired a kind of Huck Finn moment when I decided it was better to risk hell than shrivel in the midst of a toxic Southern Baptist morality.

All mystics have had psychotic breakdowns, although not all psychotics are mystics.

When a nation is surrounded by weaponized nations, she has to equip herself.

What I remember about being painted was a very severe atmosphere. I remember her intensity and sharp glance.

There's no fury more righteous than that of a sinner accused of the wrong sin.

Everything is here for a purpose, from horses to vine shoots. What's surprising about that? Even the sun will tell you, "I have a purpose," and the other goods as well.

Everybody who plays me plays me so hard because they always want to beat me.

Perfect is boring and dreams are not real. Just... do. So you think, "I wish I could travel." Great. Sell your crappy car, buy a ticket to Bangkok, and go. Right now. I'm serious.

Renunciation is always the ideal of every race; only other races do not know what they are made to do by nature unconsciously.