Believing something existed and then finding out it didn't was like reaching the top of the stairs and thinking there was one more step.

Intelligence is not measured by how much you know, but by how much you have the capacity to learn.

Sometimes I think people take reality for granted.

If nothing’s real, then what does it matter?” he said. “You live here. Doesn’t that make it real enough?

It kind of felt like she was kicking me in the gut, and every kick

Did you meet your soul mate? That always happens on the first day of school, right?''Oh God, Charlie, she's letting you read again! You went straight to the paranormal section, didn't you?

What you loved as a child, you will love forever

I realized everyone around me was wearing a uniform. Black pants, white button-down shirts, green ties. Gotta love the smell of institutional equality in the morning.

I was a schizophrenic, not a damn invalid.

Reflect that nothing merits admiration except thespirit, the impressiveness of which prevents it from being impressed by anything.

Love is love. It is God-given, and a sacrament. It is not for any man to judge.

When you focus on your focus, you will soon become the focus.

College was to teach me that I was one of life's journeymen, eager to excel but lacking the requisite gifts.

Thinking you know when in fact you don't is a fatal mistake, to which we are all prone

And also it was a process of, we lifted weights as well, in an effort to train my body to then be able to lift heavier weights when I got in Australia. So that was the first couple of months.

Obviously talent gets you to a certain point, but it's what you do with it, how you handle.

I don't like being negative to people who are so nice to me.

The choices of one shape the futures of all.

By no means could I play at the level of these kids who play in the NHL now but as 50-year-olds go, I feel really good and I feel blessed that I'm still healthy.