He’s my cat! He’s not God’s cat! Let God have his own cat! Let God have all the damn old cats He wants, and kill them all! Church is mine!

Sometimes dead is better

You learned to accept, or you ended up in a small room writing letters home with Crayolas.

The old sleep poorly. Perhaps they stand watch.

Come on, Doctor... we got places to go.

Oh Christ, he understood more than he wanted to right now. Give me a chance, Louis thought, and I’llunderstand myself right into the nearest mental asylum.

I’m going crazy, Louis thought wonderingly. Wheeeeee!

A man who lies about beer makes enemies

To sell your soul is the easiest thing in the world. That's what everybody does every hour of his life. If I asked you to keep your soul - would you understand why that's much harder?

True will is wishing backed by power

There is always a pleasure in unravelling a mystery, in catching at the gossamer clue which will guide to certainty.

China is more prosperous than before. The people have better lives but they are not happy and confident because the scars are still there.

I want the principles of a timeless muse, I want to eradicate my negative views.

When you're trying to do character work that's different from what people expect from you, you're sort of in territory that is uncharted, and you don't know how it's playing all the time.

My goal is to speak the truth in love. There are a lot of people speaking the truth with no love, and there are a lot of people talking about love without much truth.

What gives life its value if not its constant cry for self-transcendence?

Life is tough, man. No one is spared from obstacles and trials, but there is such a beautiful plan for each of us. Just gotta let it happen.

Clay Cook is a first class musician. Tender tormented genius here in 'North Star'. I will kill him if he leaves my band and he knows it. Great record.