“The saddest thing about love, Joe, is that not only the love cannot last forever, but even the heartbreak is soon forgotten.”

“If happy I can be I will, if suffer I must I can.”

“You dont love because: you love despite; not for the virtues, but despite the faults.”

“Who owned no property and never desired to since the earth was no man's but all men's, as light and air and weather were.”

“When I was fifteen, a companion and I, on a dare, went into the mound one day just at sunset. We saw some of those Indians for the first time; we got directions from them and reached the top of the...”

“I could just remember how my father used to say that the reason for living was to get ready to stay dead a long time.”

“You have to have more than hope to get what you want in life.”

“When faced with a problem, don't keep on discussing it. Go beyond the mental barrier to resolve it.”

“Believe nothing. Try everything.”

“When the mind wants to hope it refuses to listen.”

“Sweet are the thoughts that savour of content, The quiet mind is richer than a crown...”

“It turns out that the men who ultimately, who unpretentiously value peace are willing to sacrifice their own peace of mind in order to render it. The question is, 'Who, between opposing forces, wou...”

“They call this war a cloud over the land. But they made the weather and then they stand in the rain and say 'Shit, it's raining!”

“Halfway home, the sky goes from dark gray to almost black and a loud thunder snap accompanies the first few raindrops that fall. Heavy, warm, big drops, they drench me in seconds, like an overturne...”

“For the rest of my life, Zanzibar will be the Swahili word for rain. The rain would drizzle, spit, mist, downpour, shower, torrent, gust, deluge and blast. At one point it hit the ground so hard it...”