Is it music? ... This is not the important question. The important question is, is it interesting?

We all fail at certain points in our lives, but if your journey stops at failure, it will become your destination.

But if everything's already decided, then what's the point of living? - Tom, pg 437

Intelligent men never do a business

He wanted to flee in shame, to the kitchenette, to the next room, to the fire escapes and rooftops and the places where the city ended.

Waking was the most reliable part of a dream, as built into dreams as death is to life. You dream, you wake: you live, you die.

I will do my best to entertain. That's what I am: an entertainer.

I feel good hitting in the three-hole. I guess that's where everybody wants to be. You want the responsibility of hitting in the middle of the lineup.

McCarthy shakes his head in agreement with the referee.

On the contrary, it might even be a projection of what the truth is of the Bush Administration's complacency and ineptitude on the terrorism in its first 9 months in office.

To carry care to bed is to sleep with a pack on your back