“All times are good time for those who know how to work and have the tools to do so.”

“Live the present intensely and fully, do not let the past be a burden, and let the future be an incentive. Each person forges his or her own destiny.”

“In battle nothing is ever as good or as bad as the first reports of excited men would have it.”

“My heart lost rhythm at the flicker of phantom in the whiskey-stained voice.”

“Before I'd touch a square bitch's slit,I'd suck a thousand clappy pricks and swim through liquid shit,They got green puke between their rotten toes,And snot runs from their funky nose,I hope square bitches become syphilitic wrecks,I hope they fall through their own assholes and break their motherfucking necks.”

“Those times, against all expectations, were turning out to be good times. Then he felt afraid, because he knew they couldn't last long and those stolen drops of happiness and peace would evaporate.”

“We do not take democracy for granted. We feel it grow in our working together—many millions of us working toward a common purpose. If it took us several decades of sacrifice to arrive at this faith, it is because it took us that long to know what part of America is ours.Our faith has been shaken many times, and now it is put to question. Our faith is a living thing, and it can be crippled or chained. It can be killed by denying us enough food or clothing, by blasting away our personalities and keeping us in constant fear. Unless we are properly prepared the powers of darkness will have good reason to catch us unaware and trample our lives.”