I don't think goodness is something that you learn. If you're left adrift in the world to learn goodness from it, you would be in trouble.

Scars have the strange power to remind us that our past is real.

The point is there ain't no point.

You never know what worse luck your bad luck has saved you from.

Between the wish and the thing the world lies waiting.

You forget what you want to remember, and you remember what you want to forget.

Ive seen the meanness of humans till I dont know why God aint put out the sun and gone away.

Keep a little fire burning; however small, however hidden.

The rain falls upon the just And also on the unjust fellas But mostly it falls upon the just Cause the unjust have the just's umbrellas

There is no forgiveness. For women. A man may lose his honor and regain it again. But a woman cannot. She cannot.

Anything that doesn't take years of your life and drive you to suicide hardly seems worth doing.

Every country on Earth needs a progressive Revolution. But these revolutions must come through the Revolutions in the mind, not through Revolutions using Violence!

Hope is not some abstract, softheaded concept. It is an idea with an engine.

We preach revolution but whine about the oppression in the name of change

Beautifully-acted and precisely observed, ILO ILO is an amazing debut, full of heart and intelligence.

Even though running is physically straining, it's mentally refreshing. Especially when you feel like you've accomplished something.

Your critics do not count. Their words will fade. You won't.

You will learn more from your friends than you ever will from books. Choose your friends wisely

I am not unaware that leaders betray, and sell out, and play false.

I think the way you become a good storyteller is to read a lot of stories and evaluate them in your own mind.

I've been lucky enough to be surrounded by close friends and family and they've definitely kept me grounded.