"Love is an act of endless forgiveness, a tender look which becomes a habit."

"The habit of religion is oppressive, an easy way out of thought."

"Contrary to general belief, I do not believe that friends are necessarily the people you like best, they are merely the people who got there first."

"I am an optimist, unrepentant and militant. After all, in order not to be a fool an optimist must know how sad a place the world can be. It is only the pessimist who finds this out anew every day."

"When I go home my mother still makes me take out the garbage."

"We are all just echoes trying to find a wall to bounce off of."

"To build a legacy, one must accept that every challenge is an invitation to grow stronger."

"When house and land are gone and spent, then learning is most excellent."