Words worth keeping

You haven't got a letter on yours," George observed. "I suppose she thinks you don't forget your name. But we're not stupid-we know we're called Gred and Forge.

Will looked horrified. "What kind of monster could possibly hate chocolate?

No medicine cures what happiness cannot.

It's a metaphor, see: You put the killing thing right between your teeth, but you don't give it the power to do its killing.

I am a badass, and I recognize that you, too, are a badass.

because nerds like us are allowed to be unironically enthusiastic about stuff. Nerds are allowed to love stuff, like jump-up-and-down-in-the-chair-can’t-control-yourself love it. Hank, when people call people nerds, mostly what they’re saying is ‘you like stuff.’ Which is just not a good insult at all. Like, ‘you are too enthusiastic about the miracle of human consciousness’.

Don’t waste your time in anger, regrets, worries, and grudges. Life is too short to be unhappy.

Fiction is the truth inside the lie.

The town was paper, but the memories were not.

What is a friend? A single soul dwelling in two bodies.

I am a man" he told her, "and men do not consume pink beverages. Get thee gone woman, and bring me something brown.

The most important thing is to enjoy your life—to be happy—it's all that matters.

For the two of us, home isn't a place. It is a person. And we are finally home.

If you're going to try, go all the way. Otherwise, don't even start. This could mean losing girlfriends, wives, relatives and maybe even your mind. It could mean not eating for three or four days. It could mean freezing on a park bench. It could mean jail. It could mean derision. It could mean mockery--isolation. Isolation is the gift. All the others are a test of your endurance, of how much you really want to do it. And, you'll do it, despite rejection and the worst odds. And it will be better than anything else you can imagine. If you're going to try, go all the way. There is no other feeling like that. You will be alone with the gods, and the nights will flame with fire. You will ride life straight to perfect laughter. It's the only good fight there is.

Do not go where the path may lead, go instead where there is no path and leave a trail.