How was is that life never worked out the way it did in his head?

Don't confuse contentment with happiness.

Cynicism was a one-way path, and once taken the way back was lost forever.

Imagination is as close as we will ever be to godhead . . . for in imagination, we can create wonders.

But time has a way of stealthily deciding a person’s mind without her conscious knowledge, and as she studied and procrastinated, Poison found one day that she had come to know her choice.

Once upon a time there was a young lady who lived in a marsh, and her name was Poison.

Things just seem so much better in theory than in practice.

Not for the first time, he wished he commanded a highly trained bunch of soldiers instead of a ragtag mob of rejects in varying stages of alcoholism.

Some of us are born in the right place, and some of us have to go look for it.

I just wanted them to die," said Poison. "They didn't have to make such a drama about it.

On reflection,’ Crake said to Frey, as they huddled behind an upturned table, ‘this wasn’t one of your better plans.

I'd found my niche: cat-owning, stalker-y secretary. And I played the same part again and again and again.

Being a divorcee in a small town is a little like playing Monopoly

The only way we can ever get through to the truth is by finding out what we are not. We do that by looking, by observation.

The drumming helps a lot when I'm producing songs or writing songs. My knowledge of drums helps more in that aspect, (although) I don't know, man; I'm not great at any of them.

When you begin your transcendental training, focusing your best efforts, without attachment to outcomes, you will understand the peaceful warrior's way.

The Crime, from us, is hidden, [though] he is presumed to know.

This was one of the places people told me to go, it was one the big trips that you should see: Alaska.

The State is a gang of thieves writ large - the most immoral, grasping and unscrupulous individuals in any society.

My definition of success is doing what you love. I feel many people do things because they feel they have to, and are hesitant to risk following their passion.

There is nothing as easy as denouncing. It don't take much to see that something is wrong, but it does take some eyesight to see what will put it right again