She was the kind of girlfriend God gives you young, so you'l... - Junot Díaz, The Brief Wondrous Life of Oscar Wao

"Dude, you don't want to be dead. Take it from me. No-pussy is bad. But dead is like no-pussy times ten."

"That’s life for you. All the happiness you gather to yourself, it will sweep away like it’s nothing. If you ask me I don’t think there are any such things as curses. I think there is only life. That’s enough."

"You can't regret the life you didn't lead."

"Here at last is her smile: burn it into your memory; you won't see it often."

"If you didn't grow up like I did then you don't know, and if you don't know it's probably better you don't judge."