"Life is like a typographical error: we're constantly writing and rewriting things over each other."

"But this was what happened when you didn't want to visit and confront the past: the past starts visiting and confronting you."

"No one will ever know anyone. We just have to deal with each other. You're not ever gonna know me."

"You learn to move on without the people you love."

"Why not? Give me one good reason why we shouldn't get married." Because trying to fuck you is like trying to french-kiss a very.... small and... lively gerbil? With braces?"

"Sex is mathematics. Individuality no longer an issue. What does intelligence signify? Define reason. Desire - meaningless. Intellect is not a cure. Justice is dead."

"My pain is constant and sharp...this confession has meant nothing"

"But... what about us? What about the past?" she asks blankly. "The past isn't real. it's just a dream," I say. "Don't mention the past."

"I don't want to care. If I care about things, it'll just be worse, it'll just be another thing to worry about. It's less painful if I don't care."

"I feel I'm moving toward as well as away from something, and anything is possible."

"What else is there to do in college except drink beer or slit one's wrists?"

"Greed is good. Sex is easy. Youth is forever."

"And as things fell apart, nobody paid much attention"

"The seeds of love have taken hold and if we won't burn together, I'll burn alone."

"I think a lot of snowflakes are alike...and I think a lot of people are alike too."

"I tried to make meat loaf out of the girl but it becomes too frustrating a task and instead I spend the afternoon smearing her meat all over the walls, chewing on strips of skin I ripped from her body"

"What's right? If you want something, you have the right to take it. If you want to do something, you have the right to do it."

"Rock 'n' roll. Deal with it."

"And though I can hide my cold gaze, and you can shake my hand and feel flesh gripping yours and maybe you can even sense our lifestyles are probably comparable... I simply am not there."

"Yes. Yes I am. I am a completely demented misogynist."

"I've forgotten who I had lunch with earlier, and even more important, where."

"Adjust my dreams for me."

"The Smiths are singing and someone says "Turn that gay angst music off."

"I wasn't acting on passion. I was simply acting."

"It strikes me profoundly that the world is more often than not a bad and cruel place."

"Price. You're priceless."

"...when I look over at Luis in one brief flashing moment his head looks like a talking vagina and it scares the bejesus out of me..."

"What keeps me interested--and it always does--is how can she be a bad actress on film but a good one in reality?"

"The images I had were of people being driven mad by living in the city. Images of parents who were so hungry and unfulfilled that they ate their own children."

"Lastly, races bring a lot of energy into your focus on running, and are (usually) a good time."

"This sport is the sport to see what you are made of, so use those expert's advice, but be free to be your own champion runner, picking and choosing advice you enjoy and that works best for you."

"Always take the long term view and train and race smart, with a bit of caution."

"I believe 100 per cent in continued running after 40, and racing too, if one so desires."

"With with these points in mind go forth, enjoy Mother Nature, and celebrate your return to what you're supposed to do, live as an athlete."

"I often lose motivation, but its something I accept as normal."

"That's fine; we runners are, after all, up for a challenge."

"One key to success is not to make your diet too complicated.

"The marathon can humble you."

"My biggest weakness as a endurance athlete has been in not drinking enough water after training, thereby racing sometimes while dehydrated."

"I always say if the marathon is a part-time interest, you will only get part-time results."

"I want to run until I can't run."

"If you want to win a race you have to go a little berserk."

"You cannot always run at your best."

"I ran my fastest marathon in the rain."

"Every race is totally different."

"I like rain, actually."

"Let your running lead you to your diet."

"To be a consistent winner means preparing not just one day, one month or even one year - but for a lifetime."

"Being a runner means you are now "free" to win and lose and live life to its fullest."

"My whole feeling in terms of racing is that you have to be very bold. You sometimes have to be aggressive and gamble."