The statistics on sanity are that one out of every four Americans is suffering from some form of mental illness. Think of your three best friends. If they're okay, then it's you.

Dying's not so bad. At least I won't have to answer the telephone.

It doesn't matter to me. We're still cousins in our own way. Blood's just something old people talk about to make you feel bad.

Never hope for it more than you work for it.

Leroy bet me I couldn't find a pot of gold at the end, and I told him that was a stupid bet because the rainbow was enough.

all outcast peoples struggle to be recognized as individuals. The damage of oppression is that it robs you of your individuality. You're just a faggot. Or whatever - fill in the blank. Everything you do is seen through the prism of your gayness or your womanness or your blackness by some people.

There hasn't been a day in my life since I started Latin in ninth grade that I haven't benefited by the lives of the ancients.