"I was surprised, as always, by how easy the act of leaving was, and how good it felt. The world was suddenly rich with possibility."

"One day I will find the right words, and they will be simple."

"My witness is the empty sky."

"The only people for me are the mad ones, the ones who are mad to live, mad to talk, mad to be saved."

"I was a young man of the world, and I was going to conquer it."