We all become what we pretend to be.

I loved college. I wish I was still taking classes instead of teaching them.

A tree doesn't make a thunderstorm, but any fool knows where lightning's going to strike.

You know, I could have carried you.

Only priests and fools are fearless and I've never been on the best of terms with God.

If you open the door and realize things like the fact that Batman is occupying the same narrative space that Robin Hood used to fill 400 years ago, then you have the freedom to ignore the pointless "what is literature" discussion and just talk about stories.

...it is better to have a mouthful of poison than a secret of the heart.