Rant Casey used to say, "No matter what happens, it's always now..." Talk about cryptic. I think what Rant meant was, we live in the present moment of reality, and no matter what's come before, no matter how much we loved a person or a dog, when it attacks us we'll react to that moment of danger.

I admire addicts. In a world where everybody is waiting for some blind, random disaster or some sudden disease, the addict has the comfort of knowing what will most likely wait for him down the road. He's taken some control over his ultimate fate, and his addiction keeps the cause of his death from being a total surprise.

Look up at the stars and you're gone.

Telling some stories, Miss Leroy says, is committing suicide.

Cults make people sing so hard for so long - because it over-oxygenates the blood and sets them up to faint.

The laws that keep us safe, these same laws condemn us to boredom.

You can't be beautiful," Brandy says about a thousand times, "until you feel beautiful.