Poetry is just so emo." he said. "Oh, the pain. The pain. It always rains. In my soul.

The town was paper, but the memories were not.

As long as we don't die, this is gonna be one hell of a story.

That's always seemed so ridiculous to me, that people want to be around someone because they're pretty. It's like picking your breakfeast cereals based on color instead of taste.

Peeing is like a good book in that it is very, very hard to stop once you start.

The rules of capitalization are so unfair to words in the middle of a sentence.

I don't know how I look, but I know how I feel: Young. Goofy. Infinite.

The way I figure it, everyone gets a miracle.

As far as I can tell, there are two basic (kissing) rules: 1. Don't bite anything without permission. 2. The human tongue is like wasabi: it's very powerful, and should be used sparingly.

I will play out the string. I will not betray your trust. I will find you.

Margo always loved mysteries. And in everything that came afterward, I could never stop thinking that maybe she loved mysteries so much that she became one.

I claim neither liberalism nor conservatism - one tends to be airheaded while the other tends to be brickheaded.

It seems to me that any sensible person must see that violence does not change the world and if it does, then only temporarily.

I think a lot of people who feel as though they desperately want to be married oftentimes simply desperately want to have a wedding.

The cypress boat is frequently a symbol of fluctuating intention.

It's my job to be the Pierrot, the clown, in the theatrical sense.

I'll tell you what the danger is for Europe. It's carrying out a cold war against Russia and pushing Russia into China's arms. That's the threat to Europe.

Problems are good, not bad. Welcome them and become the solution. When you have solved enough problems, people will thank you.

To choose always the hardest.

The greatest results in life are usually attained by simple means and the exercise of ordinary qualities. These may for the most part be summed up in these two - common sense and perseverance.

Show me a guy who can't pitch inside and I'll show you a loser.