“She didn't just barge into my life. She barged and shoved and wedged her way into my life.”

“Was I really afraid of hurting her feelings? Or was I afraid of her?”

“But I was still alive, and in my book, where there's life, there's hope.”

“Let me conclude by saying in my experience the glittering prizes in life come more to those who persevere despite setback and disappointment than they do to the exceptionally gifted who, with the confidence of the talents bestowed upon them, often pursue the tasks leading to success with less determination.”

“sometimes in life doing what we shouldn't do is the emergency”

“Life is all beginnings and ends. Nothing stays the same, lad.”

“It is better just to get on with the business of living and minding your own business and maybe, if God likes the way you do things, he may just let you flower for a day or a night. But don't go pestering and begging and telling him all your stupid little sins, that way you will spoil his day.”