The louder he talked of his honor, the faster we counted our spoons.
Normal is not something to aspire to, it's something to get away from.
There is a great deal of difference between an eager man who wants to read a book and the tired man who wants a book to read.
In America, they want you to accomplish these great feats, to pull off these David Copperfield-type stunts. You want me to be great, but you don't ever want me to say I'm great?
Tragedy is when I cut my finger. Comedy is when you walk into an open sewer and die.
People were still cramming down the stairs, and more were squeezing past the turnstiles and down the escalators onto the platforms, but it was clear to me that this wasn't going to have a happy ending.
Insanity: doing the same thing over and over again and expecting different results.
My friend is one... who take me for what I am.
A few seconds later, I tripped over a steel staircase, bashing my shins.