“You live it forward, but understand it backward.”

“The key to your happiness is to own your slippers, own who you are, own how you look, own your family, own the talents you have, and own the ones you don't. If you keep saying your slippers aren't ...”

“Yesterday misspent can't be recall'dVanity makes beauty contemptibleWisdom is more valuable than riches.”

“God will judge us, Mr. Harris, by--by what we did to relieve the suffering of our fellow human beings. I don't think God cares what doctrine we embrace.”

“Being the first born gives you great patience.”

“Everyone needed an obsession.”

“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've always been interested in arrival, and coming to a space, and even to looking back at where you were.”

“Looking back, I realise I had to grow up and be responsible at a very tender age.”

“Looking back at my life's voyage, I can only say that it has been a golden trip.”