"Whatever else can be said about sex, it cannot be called a dignified performance."

“I'm not ready to die. Period. To begin with, I cannot imagine a future without me in it. Can't do it.”

Source : Robert Schimmel, Alan Eisenstock (2008). “Cancer on Five Dollars a Day Chemo Not Included: How Humor Got Me Through the Toughest Journey of My Life”, p.19, Da Capo Press

“I feel like the biggest failure of humans is miscommunication. We can't communicate with each other-we can fight, we can kill, we can do those things well.”

“Part of the potential of things is how they break”

“John was great to work with, and a lot of fun. I wish Id had the chance to make more music with him, of course, and to get to know him better.”

“Longing for the ideal while criticizing the real is evidence of immaturity. On the other hand, settling for the real without striving for the ideal is complacency. Maturity is living with the tension.”

“If you want a kinder world, then behave with kindness; if you want a peaceful world, make peace within.”

“Our goal is transformed hearts that lead to transformed lives. Transformed lives do not lead to transformed hearts. Are you trackin' with that?”

“If you want to live your whole life free from pain,you must either be a god or a corpse.”

Source : Steve Berry (2007). “The Venetian Betrayal: A Novel”, p.111, Ballantine Books