Knowledge was like candy: you never turned it down, especially if you didn't have to work too hard to get it.

Bravery is not the absence of fear but the forging ahead despite being afraid

He lowered his eyes to his dad's face. There was fear there. Fear. When your dad was frightened, there was something to be frightened about.

Nothing but trees.

If I guess your secret, will you tell me if I'm right?" His father laughed but didn't answer.

Live to fight another day was an expression that did not take nto account the loved one who would die because you didn't continue fighting today.

Xander could sense more than David's smile. He wished he could be more like that, easygoing. But then, David hadn't seen what Xander had seen.

I don't know...just a feeling, like in..." Xander thought for a moment. "Star Wars. You know, when Han Solo says, 'I've got a bad feeling about this'?

The road simply ended. No cul-de-sac. No sign like the ones they had seen before: "Private Property. No Trespassing." Or "No Motorized Vehicles Beyond This Point." Just road...then trees.

I know what it’s like to be different. I’m a Native American in a white world.

To speak of happiness is to create happiness.

Nothing in life was as precious as this woman. It never would be. I’d found my happiness.

I would love to be fooled. The innocence of child for the first time, seeing something and being in wonder is something that I long for because I'm tainted.

There is no fanaticism in any of this. There is intensity. You have to make it happen. You have to put your will into perfecting your daily life, into monitoring your thoughts.

Love and hate. Same passion. Same impulse

I think it's always good for a band to try and grow.

Only people who are assured of daily food can concern themselves with matters of principle and ethic. A man will become a slave rather than starve.

I find pleasure in things that are simple.

Maybe there were people out there whose love could survive anything, but mine was fragile. It needed to be nurtured in order to thrive and grow.