“Insanity is coasting through life in a miserable existence when you have a caged lion locked inside and the key to release it.”

“Fatigue, discomfort, discouragement are merely symptoms of effort.”

“Let me tell you what justice is. Justice is the law. And that man's feeble attempt to lay down the principles of deceny.”

“If you live a life of make-believe, your life isn't worth anything until you do something that does challenge your reality. And to me, sailing the open ocean is a real challenge, because it's life ...”

“I knew at an early age I wanted to act. Acting was always easy for me. I don't believe in predestination, but I do believe that once you get where ever it is you are going, that is where you were g...”

“There's no mystery to it. Nothing more complicated than learning lines and putting on a costume.”

“We tilt our heads back and open wide. The snow drifts into our zombie mouths crawling with grease and curses and tobacco flakes and cavities and boyfriend/girlfriend juice, the stain of lies. For o...”

“The teachers complain that the students today are all lazy, ignorant, and stupid. But the truth is that you're smarter than they are. You're not even old enough to drive and you already know that n...”

“I told her about school and how I sat on a wall there and felt stories and words move through me ...”

“I am the perfect version of me.”

“But if you tame me, then weshall need each other. To me, you will be unique in all the world. To you, Ishall be unique in all the world.”

“I don't want the world to keep turning without me on it.”

“Once you say you're going to settle for second, that's what happens to you in life.”