We're our own heroes.

Courage doesn't mean never being afraid. We're all afraid sometimes. Bravery means doing the right thing anyway. That's true strength.

I didn't like showing weakness, not to anybody.

I was not born to wait.

Someone else deciding what was too dangerous for me to be involved in or pursue had never stopped me yet.

My heart pounded annoyingly in my ears, and it was getting harder to stay focused. I'd almost gotten trapped in here, and now I'd come back. Sometimes I did have truly terrible ideas.

If human beings cannot inhabit the earth, can we live in heaven?

Boredom slays more of existence than war.

It's just that the chaos has changed shape. The giraffe and the bear have traded hats, and the bear's switched scarves with the zebra.

For this reason, to study English literature without some general knowledge of the relation of the Bible to that literature would be to leave one's literary education very incomplete.

Never confuse motions with action.

A soul disengaged from the world is a heavenly one; and then are we ready for heaven when our heart is there before us.

You have to walk carefully in the beginning of love; the running across fields into your lover's arms can only come later when you're sure they won't laugh if you trip.

Musically, I am still hooked and just hypnotized by the sound of the guitar itself. I mean, a guitar sounds good if you drop it on the floor.

We must accustom ourselves to the follies of others and not be astonished at the foolishness that takes place in our presence.

I am a mountain goat that keeps going and going and going, I cannot be stopped, I just keep going.