“The more you depend on forces outside your self, the more you are dominated by them.”

“Happiness does not depend on what happens outside of you, but what happens inside of you.”

“The fiery force is nothing more than the life force as we know it. It is the flame of desire and love, of sex and beauty, of pleasure and joy as we consume and are consumed, as we burn with pleasure and burn out in time.”

“I think of life as a good book. The further you get into it, the more it begins to make sense.”

“(I think Rowdy might be the most important person in my life. maybe more important than my family.) Can your best friend be more importamt than your family?”

“As for romance, Frank had dated a few women over the years but found them to be too inconsistent and illogical, so he dated a few men and found them to be even more random and frightening.”

“These are things you should learn. Your past is a skeleton walking one step behind you; your future is a skeleton walking one step in front of you. Maybe you don’t wear a watch, but your skeletons do, and they always know what time it is. Now, these skeletons are made of memories, dreams, and voices. And they can trap you in the in-between, between touching and becoming. But they’re not necessarily evil, unless you let them be.”