Despite the weight of the world on my shoulders, the temptation to stop and smell the supernatural roses tugged on my sleeves a time or two.

I wanted to find a nice quiet spot, go to sleep, and dream about kittens.

I felt a smile on my face. "Thanks." "For what?" "Using my name instead of calling me a thing.

Great. I guess you're the dog whisperer, vampire edition.

What was it about women and crying that made me feel like crap? They must have guilt pheromones in their tears.

Can I finish my blasted story? We'll get to supernatural kindergarten later.

Hell, yeah, Ryland. Man up and carpe girl.

how do I stop hurting the people who love me and how do I stop getting hurt by the people I love?

I am interested in computers and technology, and art, photography, and design.

It is tragic and sad and chaotic and lovely. All life is the same, as citizens of the human State: the animating limits are within, to be killed and mourned, over and over again.

There is nothing I congratulate myself on more heartily than on never having joined a sect.

Fame and success are very different things.

To be able to lead others, a man must be willing to go forward alone.

Because I'm on the runway with some of the best models in the industry.

I feel guilty just sitting around when I know I can be doing something.

People often avoid making decisions out of fear of making a mistake. Actually the failure to make decisions is one of life's biggest mistakes.

To be able to live peaceably with hard and perverse persons, or with the disorderly, or with such as go contrary to us, is a great grace.