"Sir, you have tasted two whole worms; you have hissed all my mystery lectures and been caught fighting a liar in the quad; you will leave by the next town drain."

“Of all the senseless babble I have ever had occasion to read, the demonstrations of these philosophers who undertake to tell us all about the nature of God would be the worst, if they were not surpassed by the still greater absurdities of the philosophers who try to prove that there is no God.”

“Doing what you love isn't a priviledge; it's an obligation.”

“I already came upon the world as a extraordinary human being; to my parents' great horror, I was equipped with a clubfoot which, however, did not hamper my rapid progress.”

“You have to speak your dream out loud.”

“I have fun just about everywhere I go.”

“Now is almost always the better choice. You never know about later.”

Source : Julia Glass (2014). “And the Dark Sacred Night: A Novel”, p.174, Anchor

“I feel great physically. I feel really good.”

Source : "She's lighter 'in a lot of ways'" by James Rainey, articles.latimes.com. November 18, 2009.

“The Detective was different. Not that he wasn't a good man; Willie had heard enough about him to understand that he was the kind who didn't like to turn away from another's pain, the kind who couldn't put a pillow over his ears to drown out the cries of strangers. Those scars he had were badges of courage, and Willie knew that there were others hidden beneath his clothes, and still more deep inside, right beneath the skin and down to the soul. No, it was just that whatever goodness was there coexisted with rage and grief and loss.”