Let the other guy have whatever he wants before the fight. Once the bell rings he's gonna be disappointed anyway.
The trouble with putting armor on is that, while it protects you from pain, it also protects you from pleasure.
We live by encouragement and die without it - slowly, sadly and angrily.
I believe that if a man does a job as well as a woman, he should be paid as much.
Nothing is forever in the theatre. Whatever it is, it's here, it flares up, burns hot, and then it's gone.
This has been, all in all, a memorable day. If my luck holds out, I should get hit by a truck on my way home.
You know, the sad thing of post-911, which was of course horrific, was that the city in which I felt completely at home for two decades, suddenly people like us - brown people - were looked at as the 'Others. '
Grades are almost completely relative, in effect ranking students relative to others in their class. Thus extra achievement by one student not only raises his position, but in effect lowers the position of others.
I do love you. I think you know that, but just in case. . . I love you.
For the air of lonely men surrounded him now, a still atmosphere in which the world around him slipped away, leaving him incapable of relationship, an atmosphere against which neither will nor longing availed. This was one of the significant earmarks of his life.