“Nothing is what it seems, boy. Expect nothing and fear nothing, here or anywhere. There’s your first lesson.”

“Nothing ever goes as you expect. Expect nothing, and you will not be surprised. Expect nothing. Hope for nothing. Nothing.”

“Family is everything. Family comes first. It's not what I expected it to be, but nothing ever is.”

“The Statue of Liberty's gender changed nothing. It was the same here as anywhere: men and their wars.”

“Nothing binds you except your thoughts; nothing limits you except your fear; and nothing controls you except your beliefs.”

“Expect nothing. Today: that is your life.”

“Here is a lesson in creative writing. First rule: Do not use semicolons. They are transvestite hermaphrodites representing absolutely nothing. All they do is show you've been to college.”

“Freedom (n.): To ask nothing. To expect nothing. To depend on nothing.”

“To hope for nothing, to expect nothing, to demand nothing. This is analytical despair.”

“Hell is gone and heaven's here,
there’s nothing left for you to fear.”