Those were the 'ifs' that kept me from making a fool of myself.

I have been bent and broken, but - I hope - into a better shape.

Mortals. I envy you. You think you can change things. Stop the universe. Undo what was done long before you came along. You are such beautiful creatures.

The right thing and the easy thing are never the same.

Knowing you don't have much time left changes things. You get kind of philosophical. And you figure things out-more like, they figure themselves out-and everything gets real clear.

There are no coincidences.

Because saving the people you love isn't stupid. It isn't even a choice

Who can judge the judge?

I'll love you until the day after forever.

It almost felt like she was sucking it all out of me, like she sucked on that sticky red lollipop, the one she kept licking as she drove.

the whole way down, I was only thinking one thing . . . L E N A

Democrats are so spineless, so afraid to go against the tide... but dissension is the greatest form of patriotism.

Why is it that loving something provides such little protection from betrayal?

The simplest truths often meet the sternest resistance and are slowest in getting general acceptance.

The beginning of all wisdom is recognition of facts.

There is no medicine like hope.

Donald Trump supporters are as opposed to Hillary Clinton and probably more so than the Republican Party establishment is.

Childhood is like a mirror, which reflects in after life the images first presented to it.

Let my hands be of service to people. Let me earn wisdom through my hands. Let my hands do good work

The older I get, the less I am bothered by talk like that. I have total faith in my coach Yohan Blake, total faith.

Why, what is pomp, rule, reign, but earth and dust? And, live we how we can, yet die we must.