“We know what we are, that we walk like we are not long for this world, that this world has never longed for us.”

“I did not know then that this is what life is - just when you master the geometry of one world, it slips away, and suddenly again, you're swarmed by strange shapes and impossible angles.”

“The Knowledge Rule 2080: From maggots to men, the world is a corner bully. Better you knuckle up and go for yours than have to bow your head and tuck your chain.”

“Racism is not merely a simplistic hatred. It is, more often, broad sympathy toward some and broader skepticism toward others.”

“Experience is knowing what not to do and knowing when not to do it.”

“You'll never get ahead if your always running behind”

“I know when God gives us somethin' good in this world we gotta hold on long as we can.”