"If your voice is high, only a few people will hear. If your thought is high, then thousands of people will listen to …"

"Life is all about grabbing opportunities that come your way."

"Meditation is the best way to overcome your inner negativity and reprogram your mind."

"Success is not the absence of failure; it's the persistence through failure."

"They ain’t been here long ’nough. They just barely human. Maybe not even. They suck up the world, don’t taste it."

"The intimacy of her mother’s hands and the warmth of the water lulled the Girl into a trance of sensuality she never …"

"Only frustrated people smoke too much and only lonely people are frustrated."

"I can never get a zipper to close."

"I didn't think I'd be true to a man again as long as I lived..."

"There were very few radio stations that played [Squallor's songs], yet they were a resounding success."