We bear the world and we make it... There was never a great man who had not a great mother - it is hardly an exaggeration.
Better by far you should forget and smile than you should remember and be sad.
Always be nice to those younger than you, because they are the ones who will be writing about you.
Vanessa didn't like it, but I figured a cop wasn't going to stop for a kid waving his hat in the street, not that day. They just might stop if they saw Darryl bleeding there, though. I argued briefly with her and Darryl settled it by lurching to his feet and dragging himself down toward Market Street.
A little government and a little luck are necessary in life, but only a fool trusts either of them.
I respect faith, but doubt is what gets you an education.
They say such nice things about people at their funerals that it makes me sad to realize that I'm going to miss mine by just a few days.