When it rains it pours and when it shines you get melanoma.

The Adventure called and I followed with my thumb like a character being written by an intractable author. Which, of course, I was.

It was a rotten time to try to be a man in America. Until Blue came along I’d never even spent time around a man. Hell, I’d never even seen one. Where were all the men in this once great land?

Life is too short to waste being a productive member of society.

I just want to live my own life instead of everyone else’s version of it.

Over the years most of my peers had come to hate me—I never understood why. I guess I was just different and, like dogs, they could smell it. So I never had many friends.

Begging is much more difficult than it looks. Contrary to popular belief, it’s a high art form that takes years of dedicated practice to master.

Have you ever noticed how good things go to those who hate?

The simple act of sitting here sipping this cappuccino is its own testament to my commitment to living the writer’s life. Which is to say: doing nothing but doing it exceedingly well.

I wondered about my inner child. In fact, I was troubled. Did I even have an inner child, I asked myself, given that, in essence, I’d just been born?

I wouldn’t be caught dead sacrificing myself for this country.

You are my heart, my life, my entire existence." -Ash

Beyond reasonable doubt, the each of us possesses unique gifts, amazing abilities to help heal the world if we so choose.

Death be not proud though some have called Thee Mighty and dreadful for thou art not so.

When you win a lot, you don't learn much. With my ups and downs, it's a lot of learning.

Faith is occupied with the Object upon which it rests and pays no attention to itself at all.

The more you try to suppress us, the larger we get.

I realized now that militancy in the best sense of the word was the only answer where the black man was concerned, that any black man who wasn't a militant in 1970 was either blind or a coward.

Exercising with a trainer makes my quality of life go through the roof.

Life is all about moments. No one in history has ever been able to hold on to one.

Dreamers don't have special genes. They find circumstances that amplify their dreams.