Men don’t often know those times when a girl could be had for nothing.

I think that we already have a really good system in town, but I have a vision that it could be even better. My vision is that academic excellence is the area that we should pursue more, coupled with fiscal discipline.

She wanted to exist only as a conscious flower, prolonging and preserving herself

he used to think that he wanted to be good, he wanted to be kind, he wanted to be brave and wise, but it was all pretty difficult. He wanted to be loved, too, if he could fit it in.

Most people think everybody feels about them much more violently than they actually do; they think other people's opinions of them swing through great arcs of approval or disapproval.

The reason one writes isn't the fact he wants to say something. He writes because he has something to say.

The things that'll make you fail I'll love always.