“Refrain to-night;And that shall lend a kind of easinessTo the next abstinence, the next more easy;For use almost can change the stamp of nature,And either master the devil or throw him outWith wondrous potency.”

“Assume a virtue, if you have it not. That monster, custom, who all sense doth eat, Of habits devil, is angel yet in this, That to the use of actions fair and good He likewise gives a frock or livery That aptly is put on. Refrain tonight, And that shall lend a kind of easiness To the next abstinence; the next more easy; For use almost can change the stamp of nature.”

“So I learned two things that night, and the next day, from him: the perfection of a moment, and the fleeting nature of it.”

“So I want to ask you a hypothetical question.My favorite kind. Next to rhetorical ones. I can nap equally well through either kind.”

“Ironically, he'd yet to leave a good impression. First he'd spilled soda on her, next she'd seen him almost involved in a riot, and then this morning she'd believed him to be either lazy or an idiot.”

“That is the way convince people. Or change them and prevent them from hurting whether themselves and others. Art is the most effective form of communication.You can use it to lift the human spirit and make them understand that there is more to life than their next drug use.”