Even the righteous man is just a sinner living in between sins.

Once desire was turned on, combustion gave it a life of its own. Once it was turned on it became a raging wildfire, uncontrollable and uncontainable, the type of conflagration that had to be allowed to burn itself out.

But sometimes living in denial was the only way to keep a man from going on a killing spree.

wisdom ain't seeing what's in your face, but recognizing what's about to come!

I deserved to find pleasure that surpassed my imagination, better than any I had experienced.

I want those young whipper-snappers to know that in days past we actually used to kill trees and make those things called books.

We see what we want to see. We idealize each other with our own fantasies.