In my view, suicide is not really a wish for life to end.' What is it then?' It is the only way a powerless person can find to make everybody else look away from his shame. The wish is not to die, but to hide.

Make friends. Be a leader. Kiss butts if you have to, but if the other guys despise you-you know what I mean?

Please don't disillusion me. I haven't had breakfast yet.

Ethan Wyeth: I hope you're thirsty." Gideon Wyeth:"Why?" Ethan: "Cause your dumb and ugly, but I can do something about thirsty.

It's simple. Nothing exists except in relation to something else.

The old tale of Sleeping Beauty might end happily in French or English, but he was in Russia, and only a fool would want to live through the Russian version of any fairy tale.

The wise are not wise because they make no mistakes. They are wise because they correct their mistakes as soon as they recognize them.