I feared my own kind more than anything the natural world could ever threaten me with.

You seek a false comfort when you demand that I define myself for you with words. Words do not contain or define any person. A heart can, if it is willing.

You can be the dead fish. I'll be the old stick

When considering a man's motives, remember you must not measure his wheat with your bushel. He may not be using the same standard at all.

Boredom is vastly underrated. Boredom means that nothing is trying to kill you every day.

...sometimes it only makes one more lonely to know that somewhere else, one's friends and family are well.

The fight isn't over until you win.