one's rules of propriety make one thirst for the improper.

I did not grow up in poverty. But I did grow up with a poor boy's sense of longing, in my case not for what my family had never had, but for what we had had and lost.

It is remarkable indeed how we human beings are capable of delighting in the mating call of a flower while we are surrounded by the charred carcasses of our fellow animals.

Our relationship could now thrive only in my head, and to discuss it with a mother intent—admittedly in my own best interest—on challenging it with reality might do it irreparable harm.

...status, as in any traditional, class-conscious society, declines more slowly than wealth.

We are all pencils in the hand of God.

The dream is possible at any age. Go live your dream.

The word "good" has many meanings. For example, if a man were to shoot his grandmother at a range of five hundred yards, I should call him a good shot, but not necessarily a good man.

Everyone Wants everyone to be perfect for them but they don't wanted to be perfect for others...

...every time you make a rule you take away a choice and choice, with all of its illuminating repercussions, is the fuel for learning.

Women, unlike most men, are able to accept mystery, accept whatever comes to them - even if it's not logical.

I loved being back out on the pitch. Although I have not been in full training, I felt pretty good.

I had to leave home so I could find myself, find my own intrinsic nature buried under the personality that had been imposed on me.

Persistence is nothing more than Concentrated Effort mixed with Determination and Faith.