“Fandom has a nasty tendency to absorb the surface appearances of a thing without ever bothering to internalize its underlying message.Huh. I guess it is just like a religion”

“I thought about how all that mattered, in all entirety, and all I wanted, and all I could see anything being worth anything for, was being a writer.”

“People who are not blessed with the ability to make others laugh compensate for that by saying (or trying to say) things that are profound.”

“Well… Emmett is real, and I’ve just broken up with Cadence.”

“For some folks death is release, and for others death is an abomination, a terrible thing. But in the end, I’m there for all of them.”

“The right idea at the right time is like a dandelion…You may hack it down, but you only spread the seeds abroad.”

“All those years I thought that it was power that brought responsibility. It’s not. I was wrong.It’s responsibility that brings power. It’s knowing what needs to be done that brings strength. And courage.”

“Maybe I had a “secret identity”, but then when you think about it, don’t we all? A part of ourselves very few people ever get to see. The part we think of as “me”. The part that deals with the big stuff. Makes the real choices. The part everything else is a reflection of.”

“Look! A trickle of water running through some dirt! I’d say our afternoon just got booked solid!”

“Socrates should have written comics.”

“My bookcase is all yours.”I walked to the door. “I’ve just decided that those are my favorite five words in the world.”

“The world isn’t fair, Calvin.””I know Dad, but why isn’t it ever unfair in my favor?”

“Dance like you’re stamping on a human face forever, love like you’ve been in a serious car crash that minced the front of your brain, stab like no one can arrest you, and live like there’s no such thing as God.”

“Did you ever want to set someone’s head on fire, just to see what it looked like? Did you ever stand in the street and think to yourself, I could make that nun go blind just by giving her a kiss? Did you ever lay out plans for stitching babies and stray cats into a Perfect New Human? Did you ever stand naked surrounded by people who want your gleaming sperm, squirting frankincense, soma and testosterone from every pore? If so, then you’re the bastard who stole my drugs Friday night. And I’ll find you. Oh, yes.”