“I think you'd best make your peace with the past since you've come this far. I think you know by now that you won't go back again.”

“It's like people think just because you go to church you're not all that bright. I mean just because I'm a born-again doesn't mean I lost IQ points.”

“All of us are subjected to somebody else's power at some point. So once in a while you kiss ass. So what? Either you make your peace with that early, or you end up living your life as a crank and a misfit.”

“I may have people lying to me, but since I don't really know the truth, I can't be sure.”

“You can't go back to something once it's dead.”

“Pretending to be 'normal' is a lot harder than you think.”

“Thinking is hard work, which is why you don't see many people doing it.”