I guess the only time most people think about injustice is when it happens to them.

I had noticed that both in the very poor and very rich extremes of society the mad were often allowed to mingle freely.

What a weary time those years were -- to have the desire and the need to live but not the ability.

If you can hit a guy once, you can hit him twice.

since some people had told me that I was ugly, I always preferred shade to the sun, darkness to light

I often stood in front of the mirror alone, wondering how ugly a person could get.

First paycheck I get, I thought, I'm going to get myself a room near the downtown L.A. Public Library.

I had also read somewhere that if a man didn't truly believe or understand what he was espousing, somehow he could do a more convincing job

When I get down to my last dime I'll just walk over to skid row.""There are some real weirdos down there.""They're everywhere.

I didn't know if I was unhappy. I felt too miserable to be unhappy.

Anything, anything to stop drowning in this dull, trivial and cowardly existence.

The only way to keep your health is to eat what you don’t want, drink what you don’t like, and do what you’d druther not.

Policy was not reconsidered because the governing group had no habit of purposeful consultation.

...You, you look -- bien -- exactly what you were, a high-ranking British officer, used to unwavering obedience and with the air of a Greek god, gazing down on us mere mortals.

Love is candy from a stranger, but it's candy you've had before and it probably won't kill you.

There's an arbitrary idea that the horizontal edge in a frame has to be the point of reference.

As you work with your associates to help them with their faith, you will save them and also yourselves.

Whenever she thought she could not feel more alone, the universe peeled back another layer of darkness.

You got your God and so do I.

Being worshipped is a horrible experience.

A great cause of evil in the world is that men seldom think themselves criminal if they offer the same injustice to others that has been successfully practiced on themselves.