“Humanity's a nice place to visit, but you wouldn't want to live there.”

“Everybody's got a hunger, a hunger they can't resist;
There's so much that you want, you deserve much more than this.
But if dreams came true, oh, wouldn't that be nice?
But this ain't no dream we're living through tonight.
Girl, you want it, you take it, you pay the price.”

“he wanted people to like his mind again-after awhile it might be such a nice place in which to live.”

“Cowards are nice, they're interesting, they're gentle, they wouldn't think of shooting down people in a parade from a tower. They want to live, so they can see their kids. They're very brave.”

“I thought I wouldn't live through it. But you do. You learn to love the place somebody leaves behind for you.”

“Listen boy
Don't want to see you let a good thing
Slip away.
You know I don't like watching
Anybody make the same mistakes
I made.
She's a real nice girl
And she's always there for you.
But a nice girl wouldn't tell you what you should do.”

“I wouldn't want to live without strong misgivings.”

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

“Be nice to the whites, they need you to rediscover their humanity.”

“I lost a child," she said, meeting Lusa's eyes directly. "I thought I wouldn't live through it. But you do. You learn to love the place somebody leaves behind for you.”