I can't say why some memories float and other sink.

Love sometimes makes people ruthless in a way that not even hatred can.

Passion - eventually it cools.

It may be possible to forget our past but our past is not going to forget us.

Jealousy is a disease, it's like a poison.

Telling the truth can be a dirty job.

You know, when you're unhappy you don't have the strength left to take care of others. But it doesn't mean you don't love them.

You chose to live here now. You should try to live in the present.

It was nice to borrow a slice of extra time.

You'll understand me when you're older. Then you'll see how men can blind you. And I mean blind you. To the point that you're no longer yourself.

I think part of me doesn't want to remember him, for fear of missing him too much.

On a cooler sun on a primordial earth: "I later learned that biologists, when they are feeling jocose, refer to this as the 'Chinese Resaturant Problem'--because we has a dim sun.

The school is a mother

The whole thing could have been uncomfortable if all your wishes were to be drowned in to the sea or passed through a heart of a lion that shed not the innocent blood.

When you have so little, just the smallest thing can make you happy

A nation which makes the final sacrifice for life and freedom does not get beaten.

It is impossible to capture the essence, tolerance, and spirit of south Louisiana in words.

It is a distinction to have many virtues, but a hard lot.

This party spirit has so ill an effect on our morals, it has likewise a very great one upon our judgments.

Dont listen to anybody. Nobody knows the magic bullet. If they did, theyd sell it and make a fortune. Follow your gut. Follow your instincts. Every once in a while, take a chance.

Be blissful and enjoy your life; do not let yourself become obsessed with anything. Determine to use the rest of your life to benefit others as much as possible.