That's the trouble with being scared all the time. Eventually, people just go numb.
Follow the rules whenever possible. That makes it a lot more surprising when you break them.
I guess in the end, it dosen't matter what we wanted. What matters is what we chose to do with the things we had.
We are a nation equally afraid of gathering together as being alone.
You can't kill the truth.
Half of seeming clever is keeping your mouth shut at the right time.
If you give a man an answer, all he gains is a little fact. But give him a question and he'll look for his own answers.
There are three things all wise men fear: the sea in storm, a night with no moon and the anger of a gentle man.
As names has power, words have power. Words can light fires in the minds of men. Words can wring tears from the hardest heart.
Bones mend. Regret stays with you forever.
We all become what we pretend to be.
The game is fixed. Always has been, always will be, and the only way out for a man is the gangster's road.
Never mind, never mind, let's get to the part where we smite the unrighteous. I've brought my most alarming teeth!
My imagination longs to dash ahead and plan developments, but I have noticed that when things happen in one's imagination, they never happen in one's life.
Art without emotion, it's like chocolate without sugar. It makes you gag.
When people don't express themselves, they die one piece at a time.
No matter how good you were, someone was better. Live by that knowledge, and you would never grow so confident that you became sloppy.
There was rarely an obvious branching point in a person's life. People changed slowly, over time. You didn't take on step, then find yourself in a completely new location. You first took a little step off a path to avoid some rocks. For a while, you walked alongside the path, but then you wandered out a little way to step on softer soil. Then you stopped paying attention as you drifted farther and farther away. Finally, you found yourself in the wrong city, wondering why the signs on the roadway hadn't led you better.