“We have learned by now that our beauty does not count as a possession. The only thing we truly own is our legend.”

Being a man is bullshit; maybe trying to be a man had been the problem all along. At a certain point you just have to trust someone. Even if it’s only yourself.

The summer following the winter that my mother took off into something called Women’s Land for what I could only guess would be all eternity.

My father decided that there was no choice but for him to quit his despised job and take me and my brother to the beach for at least the entire summer and possibly longer.

We are renters and borrowers and, in the end, only thieves.

The world rushes through us. We are peaceful. We are as deep and black as space. Staring up at the stars, we see only our own image reflected back at us. We are infinite and we are ravenous.

The task of resisting our own oppression does not relieve us of the responsibility of acknowledging our complicity in the oppression of others.

Eating healthy and keeping hydrated does wonders; it centers my mood and helps me keep a sharp mind.

When you’re…stepping over a guy on the sidewalk…does it ever occur to you to think, ‘Wow. Maybe our system doesn’t work?’

Who does Not Know the Truth, is simply a Fool… Yet who Knows the Truth and Calls it a Lie, is a Criminal.

I think in China, they know you have to have a solid nationwide plan. It does not help to have a football hotspot in the north or the south.

I’m a fan myself, so when a fan does something that might be strange, I understand it.

I am thorough believer in the American test of character. He will not build high who does not build for himself.

None can do a man so much harm as he doeth himself.