We were all survivors—every last one of us who limped our way out to the sidewalks that afternoon and spit in Death’s cold face.

Don’t ever worry what the boys who don’t appreciate originality think of you. They’re fools.

The superior man undergoes three changes. Looked at from a distance, he appears stern; when approached, he is mild; when he is heard to speak, his language is firm and decided.

I think we all want to be remembered for what we did.

Anyone who wants to be a writer should, if given the opportunity, hang out with "real writers," that is, poets or writers who are lions in literature, semi-lions, or published authors.

The best way to stop girls achieving anything is to force them to achieve everything.

Tom Cotton voted against preparing America for pandemics like Ebola.

Sometimes, I feel like I can do anything, and, sometimes, I'm so alive, sometimes, I feel like I could zoom across the sky and, sometimes, I wanna cry.

The boundary between civilization and barbarism is difficult to draw: put one ring in your nose and you are a savage, put two rings in your ears and you are civilized.

Ten years from now, it'll all be the blues because that's the only speed I'll be able to play

Peace is more than just an absence of war. True peace is justice, true peace is freedom, and true peace dictates the recognition of human rights.

A penny will hide the biggest star in the universe if you hold it close enough to your eye.