“I know life is hard, I think everyone knows that in their hearts, but why dos it have to be cruel, as well? Why does it have to bite?”
“Why does everyone have to pretend to be stupid and not know long words?”
“Why does it scare me to think I might be ordinary? I remember when I started first grade and I could hardly pay attention for fear I wouldn't learn to read and write. I didn't want to be like everyone else. I didn't want to have to learn. I wanted to know everything already”
“And now you know why I love no one. Why I never have and never will. Heed my words well. Love only destroys.”
“Major, I do not know why God does the things He does, but I believe you have the same duty to God as you have always had: to follow the right path, to live your life with a clear conscience.”
“I have to have time to think. Why does time run on while a man thinks?”