What do you think of the old boy?" said Jean."He's got a strangely sunny view of ten years of defeat", said Locke, "but if I get killed in the next six weeks, I want him to speak at my funeral.

A boy may be as disagreeable as he pleases, but when a girl refuses to crap sunshine on command, the world mutters darkly about her moods.

We like what we like, we want what we want, and nobody needs to give us permission to feel that way!

When the sky’s falling, I take shelter under bullshit.

Get used to gaps in your comprehension, ” said Sabetha. “The rest of us certainly have.

You want a lesson, boy? If you find yourself being born, climb back in as quick as you can, because life's a bottomless feast of shit.

Familiarity has a way of filing the sharp edges off our feelings for other people. You'll see.

I assure you that in all matters of discretion not involving food, we make etiquette tutors look like slobbering barbarians.

It’s an old Camorri tradition for when a bunch of people are planning something stupid, ” said Locke. “Actually, we have a lot of traditions for that. You’ll find out

To live the life the gods have given you, you must clutch wisely, then run. Run like the houds of hell on a sinner's scent!

Only prisoners were ever granted easy passage into a prison.

When you are at the end of the road, turn around and take another road. I promise it will be less painful.

Generally speaking, though, Americans have an inability to relax into sheer pleasure. Ours is an entertainment-seeking nation, but not necessarily a pleasure-seeking one.

I laugh at what I used to think was cool when I was growing up. In all seriousness, I thought having braces was cool.

I decided to become a community organizer ... Change won't come from the top, I would say. Change will come from a mobilized grass roots.

I tried to be someone else, but nothing seemed to change. I know now, this is who I really am inside. I've finally found myself, fighting for a chance. I know now, this is who I really am.

Congress's definition of torture in those laws - the infliction of severe mental or physical pain - leaves room for interrogation methods that go beyond polite conversation.

I want to be the next Gisele Bundchen . Everything she does, who she is, what she's done, she's just amazing.

If you consider, for example, that democracy is much like a religion then 9/11 is akin to finding the body of God.

I am a peasant from the Auvergne. I want to keep my farm, and I want to keep France. Nothing else matters now.

Success comes from taking the initiative and following up or persisting.