The Bible was not written for entertainment purposes, so it's a real hodgepodge and a compendium of all kinds of stuff.

At least I hate myself as much as I hate anybody else.

Killing yourself is a major commitment, it takes a kind of courage. Most people just lead lives of cowardly desperation. It's kinda half suicide where you just dull yourself with substances.

When I come up against the real world, I just vacillate.

I knew I was weird by the time I was four. I knew I wasn't like other boys. I knew I was more fearful. I didn't like the rough and tumble most boys were into. I knew I was a sissy.

I felt so painfully isolated that I vowed I would get revenge on the world by becoming a famous cartoonist.

You can't make everybody love you. It's an exercise in futility, and it's probably not even a good idea to try.

When I listen to old music, that's one of the few times that I actually have a kind of love for humanity.

Hey kids, while you're out smashing the state keep a smile on your lips and a song in your hearts.

Drawing is a way for me to articulate things inside myself that I can't otherwise grasp.

Your vigor for life appalls me.

I told you that I would protect you. Even if you don't want me to, " he whispered, moving closer and pulling me against him. "Some things are worth protecting

The glory of gardening: hands in the dirt, head in the sun, heart with nature. To nurture a garden is to feed not just on the body, but the soul.

My whole life has been basically trying to find intelligent students or, you know, highly motivated students and giving them an opportunity to do good science.

I know being with me is not easy. But I want you to understand no one has me, or has ever had me, except you.

It is still a fact that our common frontier grows stronger every year, defended only by friendship.

In many ways Africa subsidised America and Europe's development.

Great writers say things that are so beautiful, the very act of repeating them makes life itself more beautiful.

Check-ups are, in my experience, a grave mistake; all they do is allow the quack of your choice to tell you that you have some sort of complaint that you were far happier not knowing about.

The fire of the diamond of true Identity is always there; it just needs the Master's crafting to reveal it.

Love's best habit is a soothing tongue