I am not meant to be alone and without you who understands.

I got to wear blinders all the time so I won't think sideways or in the past.

The most fatal thing a man can do is try to stand alone.

The people dreamed and fought and slept as much as ever. And by habit they shortened their thoughts so that they would not wander out into the darkness beyond tomorrow.

That was the best of all. To speak the truth and be attended.

What did he understand? Nothing. Where was he headed? Nowhere. What did he want? To know. What? A meaning. Why? A riddle.

The eyes of his friend were moist and dark, and in them he saw the little rectangled pictures of himself that he had watched a thousand times.

It was like that kid had been born knowing how to read. He was only in the second grade but he loved to read stories by himself - and he never asked anybody else to read to him.

Next to music, beer was best.

He did not wholly understand the intricate play of ideas and the complex phrases, but as he read he sensed a strong, who purpose behind the words and he felt that he almost understood.

In one of their quarrels, they had begun calling each other Mister. and Misses., and since then they had never made it up enough to change it.

Not very good with death? Father was a military man, and military men lived with death; lived for death; lived on death. To a professional soldier, oddly enough, death was life.

I don't like the idea of not being able to knock about the town, you know.

My motivation for running for Senate was not for the stature of being a senator, but because I wanted to make a difference on issues I feel passionate about.

I like girls that are down to earth, just like to have fun, and be themselves.

The feeling of rich makes you rich. The feeling of poor makes you poor.

There is no me. I do not exist. There used to be a me but I had it surgically removed.

I grew up poor. My mother raised a family of four on between $9,000 and $15,000 a year.

The only thing that relieves pressure is preparation.

O amazement of things-even the least particle!

I always felt as though, 'If nothing else, I have a successful marriage.'