drunk on poetry

"You can burn libraries, ban books, boycott scholars, and blacklist intellectuals, but you cannot blot out ideas".

“The enemy of my enemy is my friend. If Astrophage is your enemy, I’m your friend.”

"I have a pen, but no paper. That’s okay—I have a wall."

Where will it all end? Half of the world does not believe in God, and the other half does not believe in me.

"To live is the rarest thing in the world. Most people exist, that is all."

Is it not strange that grief should quickly follow so divine a happiness?

"Most days, we'd rather be wrong with the crowd than be right by ourselves."

"The popular mind wants quick results; it will sacrifice tomorrow's real benefit for today's apparent advantage."

Do your own bit of saving, and if you drown, at least die knowing you were headed for shore.

"Sometimes I'm ancient. I'm afraid of children my own age. They kill each other. Did it always used to be that way?"

"I'm still crazy. The rain feels good. I love to walk in it."