Next to music, beer was best.

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.

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.

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.

Feelings aren't right or wrong, they just are, and we can accept all feelingsno matter what they are...If you can take that in, it will free you up.

I can't protect you without holding a sword. I can't embrace you while holding a sword.

I would not change anything I've done or what I've lived, and with whom I have lived it.

I'm blessed to have great friends, and there are a lot of men in my life who've been more than just friends.

Before any of it could make sense, it had to be heard.

To be premature is to be perfect

If I had my life to live over I would die fighting rather than be a slave again. I want no man's yoke on my shoulders no more.

If democracy is to be rebuilt … it is necessary not just for the public to learn to trust their politicians, but for the politicians to learn to trust the public.

Listen you have to read a book three times before you know it.

A Dauntless Ferris wheel wouldn’t have cars. You would just hang on tight with your hands, and good luck to you.