I really was alone, and the only thing worse than being alone was having everyone else see how lonely you were

I have been bent and broken, but - I hope - into a better shape.

Mortals. I envy you. You think you can change things. Stop the universe. Undo what was done long before you came along. You are such beautiful creatures.

The right thing and the easy thing are never the same.

Knowing you don't have much time left changes things. You get kind of philosophical. And you figure things out-more like, they figure themselves out-and everything gets real clear.

There are no coincidences.

Because saving the people you love isn't stupid. It isn't even a choice

Who can judge the judge?

I'll love you until the day after forever.

It almost felt like she was sucking it all out of me, like she sucked on that sticky red lollipop, the one she kept licking as she drove.

the whole way down, I was only thinking one thing . . . L E N A

The last thing he ever said to me was, 'Just always be waiting for me, and then some night you will hear me crowing.

There is always an inside from outside the door

I am to stupid to give up, not smart enough to die

No man is a great man if he used violence to achieve his goals!

By then she was dead. In fact, she may have been dead a while ago. Physically, several seconds ago, mentally, ages ago.

Protection is not a principle but an expedient

I am a free man, the slave of Christ.

It's difficult for most of us to be completely honest with ourselves - we hate to admit how vulnerable or needful we are.

Dance is the hidden langauge of the soul, of the body.

People are accustomed to look at the heavens and to wonder what happens there. It would be better if they would look within themselves, to see what happens there.