“Suicide is man's way of telling God, 'You can't fire me - I quit!”

“I love you," Jake whispered. "Are you strong enough for this?"I made myself comfortable. Said over my shoulder, "Sure.""Would you tell me if you weren't?"I grinned. "Maybe. I can't think of a nicer way to commit suicide.""That's good. I can't think of a more pleasant way to commit murder.”

“They tell us that Suicide is the greatest piece of Cowardice... That Suicide is wrong; when it is quite obvious that there is nothing in this world to which every man has a more unassailable title than to his own life and person.”

“But you can't teach writing, people tell me. And I say, 'Who the hell are you, God's dean of admissions?”

“I want to tell them, "Chip, Kim, there is no way to suicide-proof a person.”

“When I face an obsticle that it seem I can't overcome I tell myself it's God's way of telling me to move on becase something bigger and better is in my destiny, my load becomes much lighter.”