The loneliness of the man is slowly being borne in upon me. There is not a man aboard but hates or fears him, nor is there a man whom he does not despise.

The game of life is good, though all of life may be hurt, and though all lives lose the game in the end.

I believe that when I am dead, I am dead. I believe that with my death I am just as much obliterated as the last mosquito you and I squashed.

...in his gambling, he had one besetting weakness -- faith in a system; and this made his damnation certain.

There is an ecstasy that marks the summit of life, and beyond which life cannot rise. And such is the paradox of living, this ecstasy comes when one is most alive, and it comes as a complete forgetfulness that one is alive.

I would rather be ashes than dust.

Ever bike? Now that's something that makes life worth living!