I'm not as reckless as I used to be. You know, when I was little.

Nobody admires anyone else without qualification. If they do they're after an image, not a person.

You simply collapsed, sir. In layman's terms, your body revoked its permission for you to continue heaping abuse upon it.

Quit being so hard on yourself. We are what we are; we love what we love. We don't need to justify it to anyone... not even to ourselves.

You can knock down kingdoms on a whim. What you need is someone to make sure you don't get hit by a carriage when you cross the street.

If reassurances could dull pain, nobody would ever go to the trouble of pressing grapes.

Cold walls do not a prison make, nor iron bands a bondsman.