And yet here I am. Broken and bleeding on the inside, heartsick, I am here.

Things end. People leave. And you know what? Life goes on. Besides, if bad things didn't happen, how would you be able to feel the good ones?

The world will knock you down plenty. You don't need to be doing it to yourself.

The truth is, I feel beyond sad. I feel empty. Numb.

Why do people think being with someone is the answer to everything?

Things change. Stuff happens. Life goes on.

I do not fall. I fell so hard so long ago there is nothing left for me to land on. I just keep falling and falling and falling.

Anger can try to break your heart, but sorrow is what will. What can. What does.

I want to care, but I don’t. I look at you and all I feel is tired.

I don't eat bread.' Is she pouting? It's hard to tell. She's had a lot of chemicals injected into her face.

I love books. I like that the moment you open one and sink into it you can escape from the world, into a story that's way more interesting that yours will ever be.

there are three kinds of people in the world: those who don't know and don't know they don't know

Writing is a solitary occupation.

Man proposes God disposes.

I have a company attitude about my work. I don't like to do just one thing I like to do a lot of things.

Every man must decide for himself whether he shall master his world or be mastered by it.

One interviewer asked me: 'How do you feel that you've betrayed your father?' That wasn't really very cool.

I love history because when you strip away the social and political aspects, it's really just a bunch of fun stories.

I've begun so late, really only in recent years, to truly love the world... Out of gratitude, I want to call my book on political theories Amor Mundi .

Government is nothing more than the combined force of society, or the united power of the multitude, for the peace, order, safety, good and happiness of the people.

Know thyself. [Lat., Ne quis nimis. (From the Greek)]