“Suppose we suddenly wake up and see that what we thought to be this and that, ain’t this and that at all?”

You’d be surprised how little I knew even up to yesterday

Finding Nirvana is like locating silence.

I promise I shall never give up, and that I’ll die yelling and laughing, and that until then I’ll rush around this world I insist is holy and pull at everyone’s lapel and make them confess to me and to all.

Don’t drink to get drunk. Drink to enjoy life.

All of life is a foreign country.

The silence was an intense roar.

This is the story of America. Everybody’s doing what they think they’re supposed to do.

But, outside of being a sweet little girl, she was awfully dumb and capable of doing horrible things.

The best teacher is experience and not through someone’s distorted point of view.

My aunt once said that the world would never find peace until men fell at their women’s feet and asked for forgiveness.

It’s good-bye. But we lean forward to the next crazy venture beneath the skies.

Practice kindness all day to everybody and you will realize you’re already in heaven now.

There was nothing to talk about anymore. The only thing to do was go.

No man should go through life without once experiencing healthy, even bored solitude in the wilderness, finding himself depending solely on himself and thereby learning his true and hidden strength.

Because in the end, you won’t remember the time you spent working in the office or mowing your lawn. Climb that goddamn mountain.

Don’t tell them too much about your soul. They’re waiting for just that.

The risk of a wrong decision is preferable to the terror of indecision.

We do not know what to do with this short life, yet we yearn for another that will be eternal.

She stood there until something fell off the shelf inside her.

You wouldn’t worry so much about what other people thought about you if you knew how seldom they did.

For to desire is better than to possess, the finality of the end was dreaded as deeply as it was desired.

The difference between you and the person you envy, is that you settle for less.

We chase dreams and embrace shadows.

Love is not a victory march it’s a cold and it’s a broken hallelujah.