“Saying what we think gives us a wider conversational range than saying what we know.”

“laughing at our own mistakes can lengthen our own life.Laughing at someone else's can shorten it.”

“Some people say we need a third party. I wish we had a second one.”

“My poetry, I think, has become the way of my giving out what music is within me”

“It's a lady with a stick. Are we pirates or what?" They pondered this fact for a moment."It's a big stick," observed one of his fellows.”

“You know, it gets frustrating, because you know in your heart where you were and what you said, and then people doubt you. And that's what bothers me the most. -Valeen Schnurr of the Columbine massacre”

“Aika often says that she is the only one capable of loving me the same way I am is the one capable of loving her, and no one will be able to stand my twisted personality other than her and for me to betray her is unthinkable and impossible”