In the early days, it was nearly omnipresent, a constant background noise, like the hum of traffic on a busy highway: the sound of a human being in pain.

People die. Love endures.

You never know when the truth will come home. You can’t choose the time. The time chooses you.

How baffling it is that we imagined cities incinerated by alien bombs and death rays when all they really needed was Mother Nature and time.

The answer is they didn't. They aren't here, Razor. They never were it's just us. It's always been just us.

I've always sucked at games of chance. Always hated them for that reason.

He didn’t like to see animals in captivity. When he looked into their eyes, something in their eyes looked back at him.

The nights did not come gently but seemed to slam down angrily upon the Earth.

Life is full of little ironies, but it's also pockmarked with some the size of that big rock in Australia.

Sullivan had her Crucifix Soldier and now I have mine. No. I am the soldier. Teacup is the cross.

Circumstances are the seeds of literature.

God has something great in you that can take you very far in life if you consistently push hard and long enough, despite your fears and doubts.

Being certain one is alive isn't something to which one pays mind. If you could ask the question, you were fine. If you could not, hopefully you had a cozy coffin.

I learned to tune a guitar by ear. That method has served me pretty well.

I think abortion should be mandatory for about 30 years.

Revolution is just one crowd taking power from another.

The simplest things in music are the ones that count. The simplest thing are, of course, also the most difficult to achieve and take years of work.

I'm very confident in the management team, very confident in the on-air people. That's the whole secret to everything. It's having people who love to work where they're working and want to win.

Pleasure is very seldom found where it is sought; our brightest blazes of gladness are commonly kindled by unexpected sparks.

There can be no faith without risk.