Important things are inevitably cliche, but nobody wants to admit that.

The villain is the person who knows the most but cares the least.

Art and love are the same thing: It’s the process of seeing yourself in things that are not you.

The essays are very solipsistic and self-absorbed, I'm totally conscious of that. To me, book writing is fun, and I basically just write about things that are entertaining to myself.

Anybody who says they are a good liar obviously is not, because any legitimately savvy liar would always insist they're honest about everything.

Seeing no resolution to my existential recognition of loss, I decide to eat lunch.

First, you must love yourself. And if you do that convincingly enough, others will love you too much.

People who talk about their dreams are actually trying to tell you things about themselves they’d never admit in normal conversation.

I love the way music inside a car makes you feel invisible; if you plan the stereo at max volume, it's almost like the other people can't see into your vehicle. It tints your windows, somehow.

The most wretched people in the world are those who tell you they like every kind of music 'except country.' People who say that are boorish and pretentious at the same time.

Sarcasm is when you tell someone the truth by lying on purpose.

Frankl approvingly quotes the words of Nietzsche: "He who has a Why to live for can bear almost any How.

He who knows the past well can best explain the present and can tell the probable certainties and uncertainties of the future better

I cannot help but believe that we are meant for something, Elowyn, something greater than we know. Perhaps greater than we will ever know.

The job of a citizen is to keep his mouth open.

It is possible for a woman to be a romantic, but also to be single and to be happy.

I learned about a lot of things in medical school, but mortality wasn't one of them.

Got to be who you are in this world, no matter what.

A priest goes to Heaven or a priest goes to Hell with a thousand people behind.

I mean my father was killed when I was six. And I only have tiny, tiny flashes of memory.

So the first thing in democracy, people must have satisfaction. If you don't have satisfaction, it's not going to work out.