Most people, in my opinion, steal much of what they are. If they didn't what poor items they would be.

Start with the notion that yours is the sole responsibility unless there's powerful evidence to the contrary

You grew old first not in your own eyes, but in other people's eyes; then, slowly, you agreed with their opinion of you.

It is a bizarre thought that in this [U.S. 2008] presidential cycle we could have had a woman in the White House we might have a black man in the White House but if either of them had said they were atheists neither of them would have had a hope in hell.

Yes, of course we were pretentious -- what else is youth for?

He didn’t really like travel, of course. He liked the idea of travel, and the memory of travel, but not travel itself.

If you remember your past too well you start blaming your present for it. Look what they did to me, that's what caused me to be like this, it's not my fault. Permit me to correct you: it probably is your fault. And kindly spare me the details.