“I don't know what the hell I'm workin' for. Sometimes I sit in my apartmentall alone. And I think of the rent I'm paying. And it's crazy. But then, it's what I always wanted. My own apartment, a ca...”

“Betrayal is the only truth that sticks.”

“A good newspaper, I suppose, is a nation talking to itself.”

“The best work that anybody ever writes is the work that is on the verge of embarrassing him, always.”

“Now, as the weeks passed, there was a future, there was a trouble that would not go away.”

“Will you let me go for Christ's sake? Will you take that phony dream and burn it before something happens?”

“Love and a red rose can't be hid.”

“I once had a rose named after me and I was very flattered. But I was not pleased to read the description in the catalogue: no good in a bed, but fine up against a wall.”

“Among my activities was membership in the Boy Scouts; I rose each year through the ranks, eventually achieving the rank of Eagle Scout and undertaking leadership roles in the organization.”

“There was something rather blousy about roses in full bloom, something shallow and raucous, like women with untidy hair”

“A vampire is like a Rose. They are beautiful, yet harmful.”

“Despite the weight of the world on my shoulders, the temptation to stop and smell the supernatural roses tugged on my sleeves a time or two.”

“I think that when you remember, remember, remember everything like that, you could go on until you remember what was there before you were in the world. ”

“Because stories are how we share our lives and what we truly mourn when they are lost. Stories are what connect us to our past and carry us to our future. They are what we cherish and what we remem...”

“Say something Becks. Say anything""You," I said. "I remember you." I kept my eyes shut, and felt his hands drop. He didn't move back."What do you remember about me?" There was strong emotion behind...”