I could have run after him. I could have asked politely for some clarification. But I didn’t I knew what I preferred, and that was—I didn’t want to know. Rather, I wanted to believe.

Dreams are nervy things—all it takes is for one stern word to be spoken in their direction and they shrivel up and die.

As we watched the soldiers and the Rambo disappear I remember feeling preternaturally calm. This is what deep, deep fear does to you. It turns you into a state of unfeeling.

A Prayer was like a tickle.Sooner or later God would have to look down to see what was tickling his bum.

Stories have a job to do. They can't just lie around like lazybone dogs. They have to teach you something.

CLEMENTINE: This is it, Joel. It's going to be gone soon.JOEL: I know.CLEMENTINE: What do we do?JOEL: Enjoy it.

Things can be cleaned and replaced. Great moments cannot afford to be lost.

Beauty itself doth of itself persuadeThe eyes of men without orator.

To live your life afraid of others and deny them a chance to come close is to not live at all.

I think my life is of great importance, but I also think it is meaningless.

Stone, steel, dominions pass, Faith too, no wonder; So leave alone the grass That I am under.

My strength has always been slow songs, so I never deviated from that, I always took care of my base and that's just doing slow songs and just pouring out my heart in songs.

If men can run the world, why can't they stop wearing neckties? How intelligent is it to start the day by tying a little noose around your neck?

Being strange is not necessarily bad ... Sometimes it's a person's only redeeming quality.

Is there discrimination against women? Yes. There's no denying that the old boys' network is alive and well. But there's also discrimination against men.