You tell a man the truth about himself and, well, they find they have trouble accepting it.

Just cuz yer going there and I'm staying here," I say. "It don't mean we're parting." "No," she says and I know she understands. "No, it certainly doesn't." "I ain't parting from you again," I say, still looking at our fingers. "Not even in my head.

You are keeping the possibility [of peace] open. No wise leader would do anything less

There's always beauty, if you know where to look.

If the world wants you, it's gonna keep on coming till it gets you. And who am I that can fix it? Who am I that can change this if the world wants it so badly? Who am I to stop the end of the world if it keeps on coming?

Girls are small and polite and smiley. They wear dresses and their hair is long and it’s pulled into shapes behind their heads or on either side.

Yer the only friend I got, pigpiss... Ain't that the biggest tragedy you ever heard?