I won't take a real nap. I have this halfway place, a rest stop on the road to sleep, where I can stay for hours. I don't even need to close my eyes, just stay safe under the covers and breathe.

When people don't express themselves, they die one piece at a time.

I just want to sleep. A coma would be nice. Or amnesia. Anything, just to get rid of this, these thoughts, whispers in my mind. Did he rape my head, too?

Art without emotion its like chocolate cake without sugar. It makes you gag.

Censorship is the child of fear and the father of ignorance.

I wonder how long it would take for anyone to notice if I just stopped talking.

Gym should be illegal. It's humiliating.

It's easier to floss with barbed wire than admit you like someone in middle school.

Too much sun after a Syracuse winter does strange things to your head, makes you feel strong, even if you aren't.

I have survived. I am here. Confused, screwed up, but here. So, how can I find my way? Is there a chain saw of the soul, an ax I can take to my memories or fears?

Mr. Freeman sighs. "No imagination. What are you thirteen? Fourteen? You've already let them beat your creativity out of you!

Attack and adversity contribute to national cohesion in a way that success and affluence do not

What matters in Politics is what men actually do - sincerity is no excuse for acting unpolitically and insincerity may be channelled by politics into good results.

As social beings we live with our eyes upon our reflection, but have no assurance of the tranquillity of the waters in which we see it.

As long as there are rich people who have poor people they can send to fight their wars.. We will never have peace

This is not magic. This is the way the world is, only very few people take the time to stop and note it.

It is far more difficult to be simple than to be complicated; far more difficult to sacrifice skill and easy execution in the proper place, than to expand both indiscriminately.

What sells a book sells a book, same in traditional or self-publishing . You gotta shake your tail feathers.

I've never had a single moment of depression, because I know my cause will triumph.

A website without SEO is like a car with no gas.

When we got married my wife told me I was one in a million. I found out she was right.