I've read a lot of bad books. I used to review books for a living, and when you're a reviewer you read tons of terrible books.

Some tourists think Amsterdam is a city of sin, but in truth it is a city of freedom. And in freedom, most people find sin.

Amsterdam is like the rings of a tree: It gets older as you get closer to the center.

I feel like crying, so I must be crying, but it's impossible to tell because I'm underwater.

...And in freedom, most people find sin.

So I walked back to my room and collapsed on the bottom bunk, thinking that if people were rain, I was drizzle and she was a hurricane.

A taste so profound and complex that it can't even be compared to other tastes, only to emotions. Cheesy waffles, I was thinking, tastes like love without the fear of love's dissolution.

My thoughts are stars I cannot fathom into constellations.

The only way out of the labyrinth of suffering is to forgive.

All those paper people living in their paper houses, burning the future to stay warm.

I would always love Alaska Young, my crooked neighbor, with all my crooked heart.

Hey, Frenchie!” Sage poked his head out the door, the sun hitting the brown of his hair to reveal hidden strands of red. “Did you bring any baguettes?”“Why don’t you go season something, Herb?

They liked me so long as the liquor flowed at my house, but I haven't seen any of them around lately.

One of the big things that I focus on is not having regrets, just taking every opportunity I have and going for it.

To hell with the rules. If it sounds right, then it is.

Often the hands grasp more quickly than the head.

Two roses on one slender spray In sweet communion grew, Together hailed the morning ray And drank the evening dew.

An essay is something that tracks the evolution of a human mind.

Boxing isn't just about brute strength; it's about skill and outwitting your opponent.

God did His most magnificent work while Adam was asleep. This episode contains and important insight: When man rests, God works.

It is often hard to bear the tears that we ourselves have caused.