“The human soul can always use a new tradition. Sometimes we require them.”

“Because we're human. Like everyone else. And the older we get, the more human we get. The more human we get, the more painful everything becomes. ”

“You get a little moody sometimes but I think that's because you like to read. People that like to read are always a little fucked up.”

“My irritation with Niles was growing, though. I had always thought the quiet man was the most overrated form of human life".”

“I would always be a better hater of things and institutions than a lover of them.”

“Once you've played for someone, sweated blood for them, won and lost games for them, then that person is transformed forever in your eyes. He simply isn't human anymore. He's something better than human, he's something stern and demanding. He tries to extract performances from your body that exceed your talent. He makes you more than you really are. He gives you a uniform, an identity, a feeling of brotherhood like you have never known before and most likely will never know again... All you can do for the rest of your life is feel gratitude that he let you taste the small dose of glory, a dose that really means nothing, but means absolutely everything to a boy growing up.”

“Fantasy is one of the soul's brighter porcelains.”