. . . besides love, independence of thought is the greatest gift an adult can give a child.

Intelligence is a harder gift. For this you must work, you must practice it, challenge it, and maybe toward the end of your life you will master it. Cleverness is the shadow, whereas intelligence is the substance. -Doc

But I was still alive, and in my book, where there's life, there's hope.

One thing is certain in life. Just when things are going well, soon afterward they are certain to go wrong. It's just the way things are meant to be.

Innocents, the meat in a ghastly sandwich between an uncaring society and a vengeful state.

Always listen to yourself... It is better to be wrong than simply to follow convention.

I tell myself lies and soon I believe them.