“Hell of a thing to have to experience, hell of a thing to have to see, to be reminded you're a human being and all it meant to be one.”

“One thing that makes it possible to be an optimist is if you have a contingency plan for when all hell breaks loose.”

“He knew as well as we in our own world do that the road to hell is paved with good intentions--but he also knew that, for human beings, good intentions are sometimes all there are. Angels may be safe from damnation, but human beings are less fortunate things, and for them hell is always close.”

“Being locked up is one thing, but to have no concept of confinement, to be ignorant of its terms and never understand that struggle is useless - that's what hell must be like.”

“Angels may be safe from damnation, but human beings are less fortunate things, and for them hell is always close”

“I have grown up to be many things, but dainty sure as hell isn't one of them.”