We might as well die as to go on living like this.

You'll never find a rainbow if you're looking down

Nothing is permanent in this wicked world, not even our troubles.

Life could be wonderful if people would leave you alone.

Life is a beautiful, magnificent thing, even to a jellyfish.

My pain may be the reason for somebody's laugh. But my laugh must never be the reason for somebody's pain.

To truly laugh, you must be able to take your pain, and play with it!

We think too much and feel too little.

More than cleverness, we need kindness and gentleness.

Life laughs at you when you are unhappy; Life smiles at you when you are happy; But life salutes you when you make other happy.

Nothing is permanent in this wicked world - not even our troubles.

Hassan couldn't read a first-grade textbook but he'd read me plenty. That was a little unsettling but also sort of comfortable to have someone who always knew what you needed.

If we had to earn our age by thinking for ourselves at least once a year, only a handful of people would reach adulthood.

Let things taste the way they are.

If you read Keats's poems, they're often full of doubts and anxieties. They can be quite tough.

I don't put weight on fame, and having people around me just because I am famous makes me feel really bad about myself.

I can't blame the drivers for making the move, and I can't blame the owners for being upset.

It wouldn't be fair to cast aspersions on an entire cultural movement based on the actions of a few. To quote my grandfather, 'One bad apple don't spoil the whole bunch.'

The nations that offer to arbitrate are the ones that think they should rule the world.

Somewhere around the place I've got an unfinished short story about Schrodinger's Dog; it was mostly moaning about all the attention the cat was getting.

I guess, first and foremost, I'd like to thank my Lord and Savior, Jesus Christ.