Often I think boys don’t become men. Boys just get papier-mâchéd inside a man’s mask. Sometimes you can tell the boy is still in there.

Words are what you fight with but what you fight about is whether or not you're afraid of them.

over 85% of all statistics are made up on the spot.

History admits no rules; only outcomes.

Mother used to say escape is never further than the nearest book.

Eva. Every day I've climbed up the belfry chanting a lucky chant at one syllable per beat, "To-day-to-day-let-her-be-here-to-day-to-day.

I have always preferred maps to books. They don't answer you back.