Well, I'm like a drug addict, I'm always saying I'm going to stop, and then I don't, what I've said consistently is that I hope I know when to stop: when it starts to get repetitive.

Quiet people have the loudest minds.

Monsters are real, and ghosts are real too. They live inside us, and sometimes, they win.

The water was glassy and calm, still candy-colored in the afterglow of sunset.

A life without love is like a tree without fruit.

The trust of the innocent is the liar's most useful tool.

Talent is cheaper than table salt. What separates the talented individual from the successful one is a lot of hard work.

Outside, daylight was bleeding slowly toward dusk.

You can't deny laughter; when it comes, it plops down in your favorite chair and stays as long as it wants.

People who try hard to do the right thing always seem mad.

The place where you made your stand never mattered. Only that you were there... and still on your feet.

To some believers, being on the pill or using a condom is a nonverbal way of telling God to go to hell.

It will be a very long time before I trust you ever, ever - OK, I trust you again.

I can't afford to say yes to all my staff's desires, but one thing is certain – I can't afford the outrageous cost of not listening to their requests.

The true friend of the people should see that they be not too poor, for extreme poverty lowers the character of the democracy.

Wait for the idea. It may not come at first, but you must be patient, never doubting, waiting in faith. It will come.

It isn't wise to be rude to one's mother. She knows everything about your childhood that is potentially embarassing.

The last step will be letting my hair go natural. That's when you'll know I'm free.

I am being taken care of by a higher being than myself or my coaches or my training staff.

Everything must be sacrificed, if necessary, for that one sentiment: universality.