Here then at long last is my darkness. No cry of light, no glimmer, not even the faintest shard of hope to break free across the hold.

Maturity, one discovers, has everything to do with the acceptance of ‘not knowing.

Even the brightest magnesium flare can do little against such dark except blind the eyes of the one holding it. Thus one craves what by seeing one has in fact not seen.

Sublime is something you choke on after a shot of tequila.

And where there is no Echo there is no description of space or love. There is only silence.

Prometheus, thief of light, giver of light, bound by the gods, must have been a book.

Do not wake me from this slumber, but be assured that just as I have wept much, I have also wandered many roads with my thoughts.

Love of love written by the broken hearted, love of life written by the dead.

...and there you have it, another body on the floor surrounded by things that don't mean much to anyone except to the one who can't take any of them along.

I still get nightmares. In fact, I get them so often I should be used to them by now. I'm not. No one ever really gets used to nightmares.

Beautiful women are always drawn to men they think will keep them beautiful.

No man needs sympathy because he has to work, because he has a burden to carry. Far and away the best prize that life offers is the chance to work hard at work worth doing.

...gripping the rim of the sink you claw your way to stand and cling there, quaking with will, on heron legs, and still the hot muck pours out of you. (p. 27)

The greatest gifts you can give your children are the roots of responsibility and the wings of independence.

Life is no brief candle but a splendid torch made to burn ever more brightly.

The force of mind is only as great as its expression; its depth only as deep as its power to expand and lose itself.

Is a reason nesessary? I don't know why you would kill someone. But as for saving someone... A logical mind isn't needed, right? -Kudou Shinichi

Why are we here on earth? To create. It's in our nature.

I'm never gonna try it, because you got to pay a lot for cocaine, and that's not the way I want to spend my money.

The way you write affects what you say.

I grew up in Vancouver, man. That's where more than half of my style comes from.