We had been taken from The Wild and brought together in one place, because, for some strange reason, people found us interesting.

You shouldn't have to settle for rabbits if what you want is deer

And every time the Takers stamp out a Leaver culture, a wisdom ultimately tested since the birth of mankind disappears from the world beyond recall.

The world is not going to survive very much longer as humanity’s captive.

I went out and had a drink. I needed to talk to someone, and solitary drinkers are lucky in this regard— they always have someone to talk to.

Enlarge your windows till you will get a window where you can see the whole universe with one look!

We've got to rescue our democracy by using it.

At college age, you can tell who is best at taking tests and going to school, but you can't tell who the best people are. That worries the hell out of me.

The best way to kill a good thing is question it to death.

I don't break up, I trade up

You dirty, double-crossing rat.

I really, really enjoy music and that's why I do what I do.

The sturdiest virtue seems fragile.

Shakespeare alternated between musical surrenders to social prestige and magnificent fits of poetic remorse.

Rectify is un-busy. It might soothe you, if not distract you, from all you got going on.