He thought of hanging himself, to pass the time.

This pain is comfort. It is the solace of physicality, like a touch.

Doing nothing was as honourable as any available course of action. Think of Hamlet, think of Job, think of Jesus before Pilate.

I stare out at the real world projected on the windows

His suffering was no more real than he was.

Reality, it seems, is not a flat plane, but has as many veils as an onion has skins.

For someone to be perfect, they must be real, however imperfect they are.

It is a matter of mere coincidence that there is often a real individual who corresponds with a celebrity, signifies them.

You need to bridge the gap between reality and freedom. Drugs are the bridge.

I feel underslept but overjoyed. Nothing feels so good as this.

Is the writer cruel that makes his characters suffer only to bring them to triumph or tragedy in the end?

There is only one you for all time. Fearlessly be yourself.

Books are carnival rides for your imagination.

Man thalabal ‘ula sahiral layali.” He who wants glory will work late into the night. -184

A desire to resist oppression is implanted in the nature of man.

You'll never come second by putting God first.

I'm up for re-election in 2014, and yes I do plan to run for re-election.

You have to be taught to be second class; you're not born that way.

You can wet the rim of a glass and run your finger around the rim and it will make a sound. This is what I feel like: this sound of glass. I feel like the word shatter. I want to be with someone.

I think a woman who commits adultery, is not sympathetic in our culture - or in many cultures, let's face it.

Honor all living things, for we are of the stag, and the salmon, and the bee; so destroy not life, save it be to preserve your own.