A good dream, is better than a shitty reality.

It is a blessing for a man to have a hand in determining his own fate.

Damnation seize my soul if I give you quarters, or take any from you.

Aye, tough mermaids are, the lot of them.

Your words surround you like fog and make you hard to see.

Let's jump on board, and cut them to pieces.

Angelica. My beloved daughter, the one true good thing I have done in this life.

People are what are scary...people.

And what fate befalls mutineers?

To put in the effort needed to create the life of your dreams, you first need to develop a burning desire.

People wonder why I always dress professionally. I want to be admired for my intelligence, instead of my body.

Things aren’t perfect. They are far, far from it, but they are getting there, and I wasn’t looking back. Not when there were so many good things in the future.

We are living now.We shall not live long.No one should tell us we shall live again.This is our little while.This is our chance.

I am not a Virginian but an American.

Some people don't even notice. "Oh, you sound exactly like you did!" And I say, "OK, if that's what you want to believe, that's fine."

In the end, I would love [the audience] to be more open to the understanding of different types of personalities, you know?

Life becomes easier when learn to accept the apology you never got.

In writing I found a way to make silence and to be silent. The short story has a lot more silence than the novel and that is its success.

Any unchecked impulse does, within the human body and psyche, lead to the destruction of the organism.