It was like that kid had been born knowing how to read. He was only in the second grade but he loved to read stories by himself - and he never asked anybody else to read to him.

I got to wear blinders all the time so I won't think sideways or in the past.

I am not meant to be alone and without you who understands.

The most fatal thing a man can do is try to stand alone.

The people dreamed and fought and slept as much as ever. And by habit they shortened their thoughts so that they would not wander out into the darkness beyond tomorrow.

That was the best of all. To speak the truth and be attended.

What did he understand? Nothing. Where was he headed? Nowhere. What did he want? To know. What? A meaning. Why? A riddle.

The eyes of his friend were moist and dark, and in them he saw the little rectangled pictures of himself that he had watched a thousand times.

Next to music, beer was best.

He did not wholly understand the intricate play of ideas and the complex phrases, but as he read he sensed a strong, who purpose behind the words and he felt that he almost understood.

In one of their quarrels, they had begun calling each other Mister. and Misses., and since then they had never made it up enough to change it.

Dividing the goal into pieces must be brought down to the smallest measurable element, a day, to know exactly what to do every day

I think there's just one kind of folks. Folks.

Obsession is the evil genie who turns pleasure into pain.

Darkness gives free rein to the mind's worst imaginings

I need to tell you a story, a tale of fate and emergence.

And that's when I felt the first wave of sorrow that came from keeping a new secret.

If you want to understand a nation, look at its dances and listen to its folk songs - don't pay any attention to its politicians.

Swimming isn't everything - winning is.

I never had a brian till freak came along.

Those sins that seem most sweet in life, will prove most bitter in death