Many of the women in Los Angeles are part of the notorious gang culture, and they will forever have my gratitude for, you know, letting me live.

Malibu: With sounds of waves crashing, and the ocean at the doorstep, you feel like you are hours away from civilization. And with L.A. traffic, YOU ARE.

I am not being overly harsh. Overtly hostile, yes, but exactly the right amount of harsh.

When my heart is better, less shrunken, I will throw her out there to love again, without hesitation, even knowing what we know.

Holy crap, my heart was arrogant to believe her spotless track record could stay that way.

Having two women—one who can’t know about the other, and one who must be trusted not to destroy his life—is clearly difficult for him.

As I prefer to see it, there has never been an epic love story that involved significant amounts of self-control.

Love: the impossible combination of being IN the deep end and being OFF the deep end.

Facebook is that successful guy you’re supposed to want to date, but you can’t keep your mind off the beautiful freak in the corner. Twitter is my freak.

Making and thinking about somebody is special... you go in the tracks of saying that you are horrible and not anymore special.

Hold faithfulness and sincerity as first principles.

The battle had been as hideous as you might expect between one side who were simply not afraid to die and another who regarded death as merely a door to the eternal life.

Had I been a man I might have explored the Poles or climbed Mount Everest, but as it was my spirit found outlet in the air. . . .

Football has always been a stepping stone for my education.

Never keep a line of retreat: it is a wretched invention.

Oh fair, oh sweet and holy as dew at morning tide, I gaze on thee, and yearnings, sad in my bosom hide.

You don't make a movie, the movie makes you.

In that power of self-control lies the seed of eternal freedom.

Sports, politics, and religion are the three passions of the badly educated.