At the time, my life just seemed too complete, and maybe we have to break everything to make something better out of ourselves.

You know how they say you only hurt the ones you love? Well, it works both ways.

It's only after we've lost everything that we're free to do anything.

This is your life and its ending one moment at a time.

If you could be either God’s worst enemy or nothing, which would you choose?

I don't want to die without any scars.

On a long enough time line, the survival rate for everyone drops to zero.

Only after disaster can we be resurrected. It's only after you've lost everything that you're free to do anything. Nothing is static, everything is evolving, everything is falling apart.

Only in death will we have our own names since only in death are we no longer part of the effort. In death we become heroes.

This was freedom. Losing all hope was freedom.

Without pain, without sacrifice we would have nothing. Like the first monkey shot into space.

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Genius is a promontory jutting out of the infinite.

The four most miserable years of my life . . .

I really just appreciate good jewelry, clarity, gold. I think gold is made for kings and pharaohs - that's what I am. That's why I rock gold and, you know, stuff like that.

My songs always sound a lot better in person than they do on the record.

It's much more important to be interested than to be interesting.

It is [every woman’s] right to ignore the dictates of fashion and dress in a manner that is becoming to her own character and personality.

The eradication of anti-personnel mines around the world is one of the most important tasks facing the international community.

We can scale the heights of mountains and see the world rayed out before us, but we fail to recognize that which is before us

We must love men, ere to us they will seem worthy of our love.