There is the world that should be and the world that is. We live in one and must create the other.

We have now left Reason and Sanity Junction. Next stop, Looneyville.

If you can't stop the bad thoughts from coming to visit, at least you can make fun of them while they're hanging around.

There are some people who will never understand what loyalty means. They could tell you what it was, of course, but they will never know.They will never see it from the inside. They couldn't imagine a world where something like that was real.

Marcone's scum... But he's his own scum.

My brief flash of relief and confidence melted away. Good thing it did, too. I'm sure the world would come to an end if I were allowed to feel a sense of relief and well-being for any length of time.

Growing up is all about getting hurt. And then getting over it. You hurt. You recover. You move on. Odds are pretty good you're just going to get hurt again. But each time, you learn something.