You cannot trust yourself, ’ she agreed, bed-rock calm. ‘Therefore, let go. Seize life and place trust in me.

Because you’ve survived, there is a next strategy.

This is my present, also yours, free to choose. I am here at your side, alive, and no ghost. Let beauty and care forge the weapons tonight.

You are not mine to command. But the choice to kill always means closing the mind to the chance of a living alternative.

Speak for yourself. Only rank ignorance measures a man by appearances.

Doon was touched. Kenny looked like a tiny little wisp, but there was something strong inside him. --People of Sparks--

Success is the best revenge.

Icarus should have waited for nightfall, the moon would have never let him go.

You should always say goodbye to the people you love before you walk away. Hug them and hold them tight like it is the last moment you have, because it just might be.

I do not believe evil men are led by God. I believe there are plots of evil. We live in a sinful world, and there are a lot of things that happen as a result of sin.

Many massacres have happened when people yell "surprise"! Pearl Harbor. The Tet Offensive. My uncle's 50th birthday party. I was there, man! How many more people gotta die?

To be a survivor as an African American man - maybe any man - you have to be pretty tough. Or at least that's what we all understand.

A well trained body is a beautiful instrument on which to play the melody of the present moment.

Assertiveness is most effective when least applied.

Anything less than full justice is cruelty.