Change isn't easy, Micky. Changing the way you live means changing the way you think. Changing the way you think means changing what you believe about life. That's hard, sweetie. When we make our own misery, we sometimes cling to it even when we want so bad to change, because the misery is something we know. The misery is comfortable.

I'm either a mutant or a cripple, and I refuse to be a cripple. People pity cripples, but they're afraid of mutants [:] Fear implies respect.

There's lots of law these days, but not much justice. Celebrities murder their wives and go free. A mother kills her children, and the news people on TV say sh…

When you're as hollow as Enoch Kane, the emptiness aches. He's desperate to fill it, but he doesn't have the patience or the commitment to fill it with anythin…

It takes a son of a bitch to change a habit.

Giving up at something that no longer serves a purpose, or protects you, or helps you, isn't giving up at all, it's growing up.

As long as habit and routine dictate the pattern of living, new dimensions of the soul will not emerge.