What a sad thing men are. Can’t do nothing good without being so weak we have to mess it up. Can’t build something up without tearing it down.

There's hope at the bottom of the biggest waterfall." ~pg 426

Choices may be unbelievably hard but they're never impossible. To say you have no choice is to release yourself from responsibility and that's not how a person with integrity acts.

Librarians are tour-guides for all of knowledge.

Your mind will believe comforting lies while also knowing the painful truths that make those lies necessary. And your mind will punish you for believing both.

To say you have no choice is to relieve yourself of responsibility.

A book… it’s a world all on its own too. A world made of words, where you live for a while.

I was a hugely unchaperoned reader, and I would wander into my local public library and there sat the world, waiting for me to look at it, to find out about it, to discover who I might be inside it.

We are the choices we make.

In this world of numbness and information overload, the ability to feel, my boy, is a rare gift indeed.

... a good idea always attracts other good ideas.

even I get angry, as I see something lovable, immediately I want to hug him indeep love .anger takes a place of flowof breathing in peace

Ultimately virility is all about helping others express their reluctantly shared feelings while doing so from a safe distance.

The wisdom of our ancestors.

There are no new ideas. There are only new ways of making them felt.

Why nationalize industry when you can nationalize the people?

I think maybe we underestimate the country music audience.

Only as an individual can man become a philosopher.

This game's stupid," said Lief. "Who the heck is Zelda, anyway?

My breaking heart and I agree, that you and I could never be, so with my best...my very best, I set you free

To follow foolish precedents, and wink With both our eyes, is easier than to think.