“I would not have you descend into your own dream. I would have you be a conscious citizen of this terrible and beautiful world.”
“They had killed themselves over our dying forests, over manatees maimed by propellers as they surfaced to drink from garden hoses; they had killed themselves at the sight of used tires stacked higher than the pyramids; they had killed themselves over the failure to find a love none of us could ever be. In the end, the tortures tearing the Lisbon girls pointed to a simple reasoned refusal to accept the world as it was handed down to them, so full of flaws.”
“You may think I’m small, but I have a universe inside my mind.”
“How many people long for that past, simpler, and better world, I wonder, without ever recognizing the truth that perhaps it was they who were simpler and better, and not the world about them?”
“You can either be a victim of the world or an adventurer in search of treasure. It all depends on how you view your life.”
“We sat in the car & the night dropped down until the only sounds were the crickets & the dance of our voices & for a moment the world became small enough to roll back & forth between us.”
“You re too good for this world, and because of that the world will eventually crush you.”
“There s no benchmark for how life s supposed to happen. There is no ideal world for you to wait around for. The world is always just what it is now, it s up to you how you respond to it.”
“A complete stranger has the capacity to alter the life of another irrevocably. This domino effect has the capacity to change the course of an entire world. That is what life is; a chain reaction of individuals colliding with others and influencing their lives without realizing it. A decision that seems miniscule to you, may be monumental to the fate of the world.”
“The world is 3 days: As for yesterday, it has vanished along with all that was in it. As for tomorrow, you may never see it. As for today, it is yours, so work on it.”
“You have to find what sparks a light in you so that you in your own way can illuminate the world.”
“Glory: I look around at this world you re so eager to be a part of and all I see is six billion lunatics looking for the fastest ride out. Who s not crazy? Look around, everyone s drinking, smoking, shooting up, shooting each other, or just plain screwing their brains out cause they don t want em anymore. I m crazy? Honey, I m the original one-eyed chicklet in the kingdom of the blind, cause at least I admit the world makes me nuts.”
“Sometimes I get so caught up in my own problems that I forget how amazing the world is.”
“We realized that the version of the world they rendered for us was not the world they really believed in...”
“I smiled back and I thought how incredible that was, that they would find the time to smile. There was goodness in the world still, even if you couldn’t always see it.”
“When the whole world is crazy, it doesn t pay to be sane.”
“But I believe I rather like superstitious people. They lend color to life. Wouldn t it be a rather drab world if everybody was wise and sensible . . . and good? What would we find to talk about?”