Heaven, for me, is one focused project - it's like a weird form of autism.

If you want a blank spot on the map, you gotta leave the map behind.

I'm intrigued by fanatics - people who are seduced by the promise, or the illusion, of the absolute.

The trip was to be an odyssey in the fullest sense of the word, an epic journey that would change everything.

...books possess an ounce-of-weight to minute-of-entertainment ratio that compares quite favorably to intoxicants.

Its not always necessary to be strong, but to feel strong.

He needed his solitude at times, but he wasn't a hermit. He did a lot of socializing. Sometimes I think it was like he was storing up company for the times when he knew nobody would be around.