“You have to carry the fire.” I don’t know how to.” Yes, you do.” Is the fire real? The fire?” Yes it is.” Where is it? I don’t know where it is.” Yes you do. It’s inside you. It always was there. I can see it.”

What joins men together is not the sharing of bread but the sharing of enemies.

It is supposed to true that those who do not know history are condemned to repeat it. I don’t believe knowing can save us. What is constant in history is greed and foolishness and love of blood.

There’s a difference between quittin and knowin when you’re beat.

People were always getting ready for tomorrow. I didn’t believe in that. Tomorrow wasn’t getting ready for them. It didn’t even know they were there.

I think by the time you’re grown you’re as happy as you’re goin to be. You’ll have good times and bad times, but in the end you’ll be about as happy as you was before. Or as unhappy. I’ve knowed people that just never did get the hang of it.

All the time you spend tryin to get back what’s been took from you there’s more goin out the door. After a while you just try and get a tourniquet on it.

Ever step you take is forever.

If there’s one thing on this planet you don’t look like it’s a bunch of good luck walkin around.

One of the things you realize about gettin older is that not everybody is goin to get older with you.

The trouble with a liar is he can’t remember what he said.

Probably I dont believe in a lot of things that I used to believe in but that doesnt mean I dont believe in anything.

I’ve seen the meanness of humans till I don’t know why God ain’t put out the sun and gone away.

Notions of chance and fate are the preoccupations of men engaged in rash undertakings.

The world is quite ruthless in selecting between the dream and the reality, even where we will not.

My perfect day is sitting in a room with some blank paper. That’s heaven. That’s gold, and anything else is just a waste of time.

When you die it’s the same as if everybody else did too.

Choose unity over division.

Do not keep silent when your own ideas and values are being attacked.

Do what you can, with what you have, where you are.

All your dreams can come true if you have the courage to pursue them.

Not everyone has equal abilities, but everyone should have equal opportunity for education.

No matter how bad it is or how bad it gets I am going to make it.

The major key to your better future is you.

I know you’re tired but come, this is the way.