There are books stacked high around them - the way opportunity and possibility are stacked around them.

We are a fallen species, spitting on the gift of salvation. Humanity is irredeemable.

music was the only beautiful thing he owned

What you call pride, I call courage.

I want you to be careful in this world. My heart is wrapped up in you.

Wanting to believe something is powerful

That wouldn't be a bad way to die...giving off light for millions of years after you're gone.

He turned the music up loud. So what if it would deafen him? It made him happy. Like it had so many times before.

I’ve had pedicures before, and I’ve had milk shakes. Just never at the same time. And it’s glorious.

She laughed and said not to confuse pride with nobleness.

The river overflows, not the sun. (Déborde le fleuve, - Pas le soleil)

A father should do more - a father should give more to his children than he takes.

It has become almost a cliche to remark that nobody boasts of ignorance of literature, but it is socially acceptable to boast ignorance of science and proudly claim incompetence in mathematics.

I had always been taught that life was the other way around -- that you had to make sure you got what was coming to you . . .

Please ignore rumors! I've had them for years and you have to just let them go over your head. Don't take them personally.

I am absolutely opposed to political correctness. You cannot confront hate speech until you've experienced it. You need to hear every side of the issue instead of just one.

I don't need handcuffs to enslave a woman.