Sometimes bad things have to happen before good things can.

actions speak louder than words

But if I hadn't fallen, I wouldn't have met you.

Did I really want to stay on this road longer, knowing it was only going to end in devastation?

Angel... I don't think you understand the lengths I would go to if it means keeping you here with me.' -Patch (PG 262)

Tacos." "Tacos?" I echoed. This seemed to amuse him. "Tomatoes, lettuce, cheese." "I know what a taco is!

I'm not leaving until you tell me why you followed me. I know I'm a fascinating guy, but this is starting to feel like an unhealthy obsession.

Reading a good book in silence is like eating chocolate for the rest of your life and never getting fat.

You're a psychopath." "I prefer creative.

Being with you never felt wrong. It's the one thing I did right. You're the one thing I did right.

Nothing makes me happy quite like a boatload of freshly fried fast food, smothered in good old MSG.

This Captain had been brought up in Istanbul. His mind was made of minarets and domes. He capped himself with spacious ease. He was his own call to prayer.

A story never ends. The narrator is usually provided with a nice, artistic spot for his voice to stop, but that's about all.

When you face yourself, you face the truth of who you are.

Once I was liable to the same mistakes, but, thanks to God, no longer …’Well, isn’t it just as worthwhile to have devoted and applied yourself to this goal as to have read or written fifty pages?

Know well what leads you forward and what holds you back, and choose the path that leads to wisdom.

I don't think that because I am Hispanic I should therefore do Hispanic work.

I'm a very tactile learner, so I need analog index cards, moving them all about, trying out various sequences for the book's architecture.

..... it would be interesting to find out what goes on in that moment when someone looks at you and draws all sorts of conclusions.

I made a creativity out of that messiness.

If you're a bird... I'm a bird.