...his job was the very least important part of his life, never to be mentioned except in irony.

It's a disease. Nobody thinks or feels or cares any more; nobody gets excited or believes in anything except their own comfortable little God damn mediocrity.

if you don’t try at anything, you can’t fail… it takes back bone to lead the life you want

And do you know a funny thing? I'm almost fifty years old and I've never understood anything in my whole life.

Why did everything always change when all you wanted, all you had ever humbly asked of whatever God there might be, was that certain things be allowed to stay the same?

if you wanted to do something absolutely honest, something true, it always turned out to be a thing that had to be done alone.

He couldn't even tell whether he was angry or contrite, whether it was forgiveness he wanted or the power to forgive.

Do you know what the definition of insane is? Yes. It’s the inability to relate to another human being. It’s the inability to love.

No one forgets the truth; they just get better at lying.

You're painfully alive in a drugged and dying culture.

Never say anything that doesn't improve on silence.

Being a solution and not a problem proves progression.

Patience is for those who can't be bothered with procrastination!

It's not about what you're capable of, it's about what you are willing to endure.

Abortion is an attack on the family and the humanity that unites us all.

Do not seek God in outer space-- Your heart is the only place in which to meet Him face to face.

It does not pay to cherish symbols when the substance lies so close at hand.

I suppose it's really satisfying to play someone with secrets. It's really satisfying to decide how and when those things are going to start being revealed, and how subtle to be.

Life is short. Don't miss opportunities to spend time with the people that you love.

A guy may wear a suit and have a high-paying job and appear very mature, but essentially, he's a 14-year-old boy.

One of my theories is that men love with their eyes; women love with their ears.