I was sitting one day and thinking about cannibalism, because that's what guys like me do... and I thought, suppose a guy was washed up on a rocky island, how much of himself could he eat?

A lot of authority figures want to be good. I sense that, and yet at the same time I sense that authority, after a while, always leads to some kind of oppression. When the minority report comes in, what you do is run the minority out of town with a flaming cross. It's just the way things are.

What I'm saying is that I'm trying to find rational reasons to explain irrational feelings, and that's neveer a good sign.

...knowing that to be a librarian was to come as close as any human being can to sitting in the peak-seat of eternity's engine.

High school isn't a very important place. When you're going you think it's a big deal, but when it's over nobody really thinks it was great unless they're beered up.

He found himself still with too many questions and not enough answers.

It was as hysterical as a woman having a hot flash.