Violence of any kind, once it starts, is like fucking a gorilla-you ain't done tillthe gorilla's done.
By drinking, a boy acts like a man. After drinking, many a man acts like a boy.
Instead of being regarded as intelligent or knowledgeable, many a woman would rather be regarded as beautiful or good in the kitchen; many a man, as handsome or good in bed.
To be inspired is great, but to inspire is an honor.
My father, [was] a mid-level phonecompany manager who treated my mother at best like an incompetent employee. At worst? He never beat her, but his pure, inarticulate fury would fill the house for days...
Capture your youth, while you can.
Handle a book as a bee does a flower, extract its sweetness but do not damage it.
No two persons can learn something and experience it in the same way.
Before you're given what you want, you'll first be tested with what you don't really want.
Execute every act of thy life as though it were thy last.
One of these days, will become a this day. And that day, will be the preeminent of days to come.