Remember you're a star. Never go across the alley even to dump garbage unless you are dressed to the teeth.

at a garbage dump.

The dump was kind of like a department store for Ray, but even more like a holy cementery where he could organize abandoned dreams and wrecked things into families, in a way, that stayed together.

It is impossible for us to break the law. We can only break ourselves against the law.

What I have crossed out I didn't like. What I haven't crossed out I'm dissatisfied with.

The person who makes a success of living is the one who sees his goal steadily and aims for it unswervingly. That is dedication.