How gratifying to be there when arrogance collapses. How much more so to be the instrument. (Alfred Gillette)

The most precious jewels are not made of stone, but of flesh.

I have always preferred conflict of individuals over the battle of extreme ideologies.

There'll come a moment when you think you can make it, and you'll try.

Hope is the only thing stronger than fear. A little hope is effective. A lot of hope is dangerous. A spark is just fine as long as its contained.

You're on your own now. You are not helpless. You will find your way.

Well, let me tell you, gentlemen, the games of the devil are not restricted to those confined to hell. Others can play them.

Credo quia absurdum – I believe because it is absurd.

What a man can't remember doesn't exist for him.

Hate and love are essentially the same in that the person who loves is as easily manipulated as a person who hates

A man's weaknesses may intrude on his faith but they do not diminish it.

You know I love you, ' said the other mother flatly.'You have a very funny way of showing it, ' said Coraline.

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Tomorrow exists even though I may not exist in it.

Deception by an omission of the truth is as bad as a lie.

It is not what you want that you attract, you attract what you believe to be true.

I have to sing it every night, I can't get up on stage if it's some bullshit story.

the illusion never really dissipates that you can lose twenty pounds in one night by cutting out dinner.

There is a strength of conviction that can only come from being 100% wrong.

There is a common emotion we all recognize and have not yet named -- the happy anticipation of being able to feel contempt.

If, after hearing my songs, just one human being is inspired to say something nasty to a friend, or perhaps to strike a loved one, it will all have been worth the while.