"How nice--to feel nothing, and still get full credit for being alive."
— Kurt Vonnegut

"It never got weird enough for me."
— Hunter S. Thompson

"There are more things in Heaven and Earth, Horatio, than are dreamt of in your philosophy."
— William Shakespeare (Hamlet)

"The Guide says that there is an art to flying,” said Ford, “or rather a knack. The knack lies in learning how to throw yourself at the ground and miss."
— Douglas Adams

"Whenever I feel the need to exercise, I lie down until it goes away."
— Robert Maynard Hutchins

"The man who does not read good books has no advantage over the man who can't read them."
— Mark Twain

"Keep away from people who try to belittle your ambitions. Small people always do that, but the really great make you feel that you, too, can become great."
— Mark Twain

"Listen to the mustn'ts, child. Listen to the don'ts. Listen to the shouldn'ts, the impossibles, the won'ts. Listen to the never haves, then listen close to me... Anything can happen, child. Anything can be."
— Shel Silverstein

"People generally see what they look for, and hear what they listen for. "
— Harper Lee (To Kill a Mockingbird)

"Miss Jean Louise, stand up. Your father's passin'."
— Harper Lee (To Kill a Mockingbird)

"Pass the damn ham, please."
— Harper Lee (To Kill a Mockingbird)

"A stranger is shot in the street, you hardly move to help. But if, half an hour before, you spent just ten minutes with the fellow and knew a little about him and his family, you might just jump in front of his killer and try to stop it. Really knowing is good. Not knowing, or refusing to know is bad, or amoral, at least. You can’t act if you don’t know."
— Ray Bradbury (Something Wicked This Way Comes)

"Murderers are not monsters, they're men. And that's the most frightening thing about them."
— Alice Sebold