“I stamp out vast empires. I crush palaces in my rigid hands. I harden my heart against churches.I blot out cemetaries. I feed the people with stinging nettles. I resurrect madness. I thrust my naked sword between the ribs of the world. I murder the world!”

“Please sell $10,000 worth of stock — we have decided to lead a mad and extravagant life.”

“There is nothing in the world I wouldn't do for (Bob) Hope, and there is nothing he wouldn't do for me...We spend our lives doing nothing for each other.”

“If I could give you one key, and one key only to more abundant life, I would give you a sense of your own worth, an unshakeable sense of your own dignity as one grounded in the source of the cosmic dance, as one who plays a unique part in the unfolding of the story of the world…”

“I would rather live in a world where my life is surrounded by mystery than live in a world so small that my mind could comprehend it.”

“Here’s the thing. I’ve been kicked out of home. After the last thing I didI ran out of chances. Tipped all my parents’ patience out on the floorlike the last bit of milk in the container. They just lost it. Fair enough,I suppose. I did do something pretty bad. So bad I can’t even say it outloud. Neither can Mum. We both just: Don’t. Talk. About. It.”

“Free' is more of that 'familiarity breeds contempt' kind of thing. It's about saying 'Wait, I'm longing for something more than I have and I don't know what it is that I want, but I know I want it.' It has nothing to do with what I'm going through, personally.”