My past has shaped me, that's true of anyone.

How could such a beautiful man be insecure?

You can call me Grandpa, if that does it for you.

I had fallen in love with a perfect lie.

Almost-Sister, you picked a real catch.”“It was I who caught her, ” Adam said softly. “It took years.

The world is going crazy, Karl. And when the world is crazy, a sane man is never okay." from The Berlin Boxing Club

Deeds of endurance, which seem ordinary in philosophy, are rare in conduct.

Reality's all you've got. But here's the real secret, the real miracle: it's enough.

Fantasy is escapist, and that is its glory

When I look up, I see people cashing in. I don't see heaven or saints or angels. I see people cashing in on every decent impulse and every human tragedy.

You will fail. Then they will kill you." - Vandara to Kira, following Kira's trial.

I believe the best poetry of our times is growing too artistic; the study is too visible. If freedom and naturalness are lost out of poetry, everything worth having is lost.

I'm old enough to make you look like an embryo. [Thorn]

Robbie Keane was like the cat that got the cheese