Was it worth it? Feeling better for a minute or two, knowing that the cold would still be out there waiting?

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

For you to be great, you must make sure that every second of your life counts.

At thirty a man steps out of the darkness and wasteland of preparation into active life it is the time to show oneself, the time of fulfillment.

Be ready to defend yourself as I'm coming out of the shelf

It's the heart afraid of breaking that never learns to dance. It is the dream afraid of waking that never takes the chance.

If my mind could gain a firm footing, I would not make essays, I would make decisions; but it is always in apprenticeship and on trial.

Your dreams are always going to seem much more profound to you then they are to your friend.

My life is one long curve, full of turning points.

The simplicity of your character makes you exquisitely incomprehensible to me.

How many have to die before we will give up these dangerous toys?

Whatever you see - any good results - are all from the pressure.