...I could feel what was left of my soul just slipping away as I fed on that girl until she was totally and completely drained.

...when two opposite points of view are expressed with equal intensity, the truth does not necessarily lie exactly halfway between them. It is possible for one side to be simply wrong.

Grief is good...it is a sign of how well we have loved.

Where Church and State are habitually associated, it is natural that minds, even of a high order, should unconsciously come to regard religion as only a subtler mode of police.

We often reward mediocrity because it is comforting. If they can do it, anyone can do it.

I like novelists who can create other interesting worlds.

God never intended for us to rely on others for our sense of well being. Only He is equipped to provide that.

Most guys my age have girlfriends and drinking buddies on their speed dial. Me, I have the Memphis CDC.

As the sea-crab swimmeth always against the stream, so doth wit always against wisdom.

Slavery it is that makes slavery; freedom, freedom. The slavery of women happened when the men were slaves of kings.

But I miss screamin' and fightin' And kissin' in the rain And it's two a.m. and I'm cursin' your name You're so in love that you act insane And that's the way I loved you.