My eye was drawn to a bright green hue, the same shade as a poisonous Amazonian frog, the tiny, delightfully deadly ones.

I had no idea how to respond, and opted for a smile, which serves me well on most occasions (not if it's something to do with death or illness, though -- I know that now.)

You can't have too much dog in a book.

I took one of my hands in the other, tried to imagine what it would feel like if it was another person's hand holding mine. There have been times where I felt that I might die of loneliness.

When the silence and the aloneness press down and around me, crushing me, carving through me like ice, I need to speak aloud sometimes, if only for proof of life.

In the end, what matters is this: I survived.

in principle and reality, libraries are life-enhancing palaces of wonder

He thought of hanging himself, to pass the time.

Though I've belted you and flayed you By the livin' Gawd that made you You're a better man than I am Gunga Din.

Women. They are a complete mystery.

A code of values accepted by choice is a code of morality.

There's two elements to rap: having the thoughts, and then being a great rapper.

It's a bit loose and the people in my group have got other groups. They don't have to have a total allegiance to me. I think that's really a bit weird and showing some weird insecurity.

Christianity is Christ!

Your generous part in my liberation is taken by the world for the revelation of the fact, that the United States are resolved not to allow the despots of the world to trample on oppressed humanity.

I can sort of do what I want. Maybe I have to work harder to prove myself in some new relationship because they've heard some wacky stories about me. But at least I can get the meeting.

Fundamentals make the market.