"We are all alone, born alone, die alone, and—in spite of True Romance magazines—we shall all someday look back on our lives and see that, in spite of our company, we were alone the whole way."

The real violence is the violence we do to ourselves when we’re too afraid to be who we really are.

"Every journey conceals another journey within its lines: the path not taken and the forgotten angle."

Character is much easier kept than recovered.

The most dangerous chemical in any plant isn't the one in the vats - it's complacency.