“All intellectual tendencies are corrupted when they consort with power.”

“Common sense and a sense of humor are the same thing, moving at different speeds. A sense of humor is just common sense, dancing.”

“Democracy is even more important for what it prevents than for what it provides.”

“If you don't know the exact moment when the lights will go out, you might as well read until they do.”

“The childish urge to understand everything doesn't necessarily fade when the time approaches for you to do the most adult thing of all: vanish.”

“Apparently Burgess shares the gutter press assumption that those who achieve fame should be made to suffer from it.”

“It was the truth, and like any truth, it was powerful.”

“Their Silver war is being paid for in Red blood.”

“We've already been killed, all of us. It happened so long ago, we've forgotten it.”

“The more clearly you understand yourself and your emotions, the more you become a lover of what is.”

“There are only two ways to live your life: as though nothing is a miracle, or as though everything is a miracle.”

“The moral of the tale is, don't live for the approval of others. The real you is here to find out the secret of life, not to satisfy someone else's opinion.”

“Being the people we are, and feeling the way that we do, getting excited about going somewhere new can be terrifying. Of course it is, I get it! But if you dont travel, youll regret it. Your soul w...”

“Happiness is something you lay siege to, it is a battle like a game of go. I will take hold of all the pain and snuff it out.”

“For God's sake, if I learned anything during this damn trial it's that the only way someone can leave you is if you let them. And I'm not doing that, Dee. It may look like that today, or tomorrow, ...”