The best characters are the ones who stay with you long after the book is closed.

That day, for no particular reason, I decided to go for a little run. So I ran to the end of the road, and when I got there, I thought maybe I'd run to the end of town. And when I got there, I thought maybe I'd just run across Greenbow County. Now, I figured since I'd run this far, maybe I'd just run across the great state of Alabama. And that's what I did. I ran clear across Alabama. No particular reason. I just kept on going. I ran clear to the ocean. And when I got there, I figured since I'd gone this far, might as well turn around, just keep on going. And when I got to another ocean, I figured since I'd gone this far... I might as well just turn back and keep right on going. When I got tired, I slept. When I got hungry, I ate. When I had to go... you know... I went.

Maybe if we knew whatother people were thinking, we'd know that no one's ordinary. And we all deservea standing ovation at least once in our lives.

I think one’s art goes as far and as deep as one’s love goes.

The poet is a man who manages to be, in his own lifetime, what all men would like to be after their death.

唯一的真正幸福来自于为一个目标挥霍自己。