The prison that exists in a man's mind is far more difficult to escape from than anything built with brick walls and steel doors. For it is the fear of freedom that holds you inside...

Sometimes your own tongue can make you deaf and dumb.

Winning is a matter of endurance. As long as you don't quit, you will win!

I still have enough faith in language to believe that if I place enough words next to each other on the page, they will start to speak with sounds of their own.

If it feels like you're choosing between the lesser of two evils, don't. There is always a higher choice.

"Now" is the operative word. Everything you put in your way is just a method of putting off the hour when you could actually be doing your dream.

I have friends my age who started smoking pot when they got out of college. They didn't get anywhere. But if they drank, they managed to go somewhere. Does that make sense?

It is true, that it is not at all necessary to love many books, in order to love them much.

Who after wine, talks of wars hardships or of poverty.

A sound body keeps a sound mind.

Mostly, he taught me about friendship and selflessness and, above all else, unwavering loyalty.

Yeah, it's a lot harder to find a musical partner than a love partner.