The nature of tragedy and accident is that we cannot predict.

Deal with yourself as a individual, worthy of respect and make everyone else deal with you the same way.

She knows who she is, because she knows who she isn't.

Mistakes are a fact of life. It is the response to the error that counts.

The only way you can grow is to let yourself make mistakes and create contradictions. As we learn new things, some of our old attitudes will change.

We are strong enough to stand tall tearlessly, we are brave enough to bend to cry, and we are sad enough to know that we must laugh again.

We have a world to conquer...one person at a time...starting with ourselves.

I want to be clear about this. If you wrote from experience, you'd get maybe one book, maybe three poems. Writers write from empathy.

We love because it's the only true adventure.

You must be unintimidated by your own thoughts.

Once you know who you are, you don't have to worry anymore.

Follow the dreams that your heart visualizes, as what you actually see is just an illusion of temporary contentment.

It's just that you are practiced at persuading, and sometimes it's quite difficult, sir to distinguish being persuaded by you from being knocked down in street and stamped on.Pg.406

Saw a wedding in the church. It was strange to see what delight we married people have to see these poor fools decoyed into our condition.

I'm usually sort of ambiguous in terms of whether I'm playing a good person or a bad person. I can walk that line of funny but also dark, and I'm happy doing that.

I've noticed that Henry needs an incredible amount of physical activity all the time in order to be happy. It's like hanging out with a greyhound.

This was the consequence of seeing too much and understanding the horrible truth: No one is safe. The world is not manageable.

The constancy of sages is nothing but the art of locking up their agitation in their hearts.

The Democratic Party is the party of the status quo.

Friends come and go but banners hang forever.

Road racing is rock 'n roll; track is Carnegie Hall.