Hard. Fast. Deep. When I'm done you'll know you're mine.

Although it may not seem like it, this isn’t a story about darkness. It’s about light. Kahlil Gibran says Your joy can fill you only as deeply your sorrow has carved you. If you’ve never tasted bitterness, sweet is just another pleasant flavor on your tongue. One day I’m going to hold a lot of joy.

Pretty girls don't have ugly mouths.

How could they let me grow up like that—happy and pink and stupid?

Lies are horny little buggers, they breed like rabbits and bound around just as insanely and then you have to try to keep track of them.

Strength wasn‘t about being able to do everything alone. Strength was knowing when to ask for help and not being too proud to do it.

I'd teach them to read and to dream and to look at the stars and wonder. I'd teach them the value of imagination. I'd teach them to play every bit as hard as they worked. And I'd teach them that all the brains in the world can't compensate for love.