I can't understand why people use religion to hurt each other when there's already so much pain in the world.

I didn't go to bars much. One drunken asshole was all I could handle and that was me. I wrote. I don't remember a lot of it.

We either learn to accept or we end up writing letters home with crayons.

There is zero, and there is eternity, and there is mortality, but there is no ultimate.

He sat upon his throne, which is made of skulls.

And I believe happiness is the exact opposite of sadness, bitterness, and hatred: happiness should remain unexamined as long as possible.

My friend wants to get moving and so do I,' Eddie said. 'We've got miles to go yet.' I know that. It's on your face, son. Like a scar.' Eddie was fascinated by the idea of duty and ka as something that left a mark, something that might look like decoration to one eye and disfigurement to another. Outside, thunder cracked and lightning flashed.