And now - Plato's words mock me in the shadows on the ledge behind the flames: '...the men of the cave would say of him that up he went and down he came without his eyes.

I don’t know what’s worse: to not know what you are and be happy, or to become what you’ve always wanted to be, and feel alone.

I am afraid. Not of life, or death, or nothingness, but of wasting it as if I had never been.

Just leave me alone. I'm not myself. I'm falling apart, and I don't want you here.

Intelligence and education that hasn't been tempered by human affection isn't worth a damn.

There are a lot of people who will give money or materials, but very few who will give time and affection.

So this is how a person can come to despise himself-knowing he's doing the wrong thing and not being able to stop.

Strange about learning; the farther I go the more I see that I never knew even existed.

People think it's funny when a dumb person can't do things the same way they can.

I can't afford to spend my time with anyone - there's only enough left for myself

Thank God for books and music and things I can think about." --Charlie Gordan

God grant me the courage not to give up what I think is right, even though I think it is hopeless.

Which would be worse- to live as a monster, or to die as a free man?

An excessive knowledge of Marxism is a sign of a misspent youth.

Fear is the penalty of consciousness forced to stare at itself.

Do what you love. Know your own bone; gnaw at it, bury it, unearth it, and gnaw it still.

Of all religious systems, Islam alone declares that individual perfection is possible in our earthly existence.

We live in an age that reads too much to be wise, and that thinks too much to be beautiful.

I'm very hard to catch," says Rue. "And if they can't catch me, they can't kill me. So don't count me out.

Too late for fruit, too soon for flowers.

When something good hits me, I'll use Siri to make a note so I don't forget.