Childhood was a fantastic country to live in.

It's fine to live in the now. But the best thing about now is that there's another one tomorrow. I'm going to start making them count.

The only way you're going to get something to last in this world is to work at it

Books seem a little old-fashioned, but hey, I can do old-fashioned if it's good.

You're nothing but a product. And what's this product called? Emptiness, dude, that's what it's called. And for the rest of your life, they sell you over and over, right to the end when they package you one last time and plant you in the ground.

Besides, I’m not looking to get saved. I’m only going with her because it’s what you do when you’re in a relationship. You know? You slide into the third pew from the front and sit there thinking about how desperate all these people are to feel like something loves them. They’ll believe all kinds of hocus-pocus. But your girlfriend likes it, and you like her, so you do it. It’s called compromise. The only way you’re going to get something to last in this world is to work at it.

They've drummed the miraculous out of you, but you don't want it to be like that. You want the miraculous. You want everything to still be new.