I didn't mind giving up carnality, jewelry and red meat in return for comradeship and an afterlife.

The smell of moist earth and lilacs hung in the air like wisps of the past and hints of the future.

the smell of lilacs crept poignantly into the room like a remembered spring.

Some people become so expert at reading between the lines they don't read the lines.

Shrews are made, not born.

You can't drown your troubles ... because troubles can swim.

There is no such thing as an ex-exhibitionist.

When you're counting alibis and not apples, one plus one equals none.

Common sense is a vastly overrated virtue. I myself prefer the spark of genius.

When someone gives me three reasons instead of one, I'm inclined not to believe any of them.

I wish people would quit telling me to think. I think. Thinking's easy. It's not thinking that's hard.

This is the secret of the golden flower: if the heart can die the flower will bloom, die as you are so you can be reborn.

Don't get me wrong: school is good and all, but school is way too slow for me. Like, super slow. So I didn't want to go. I wanted to learn on my own with real life experiences.

I love Russian culture. I don't know the young Russia, I'm not at all familiar with young Russia, but the old school Russia is good enough for me for the moment.

Bad art is never really enjoyed in the same sense in which good art is enjoyed. It is only "liked": it never startles, prostrates, and takes captive.

Your best friend and worst enemy are both in this room right now. It's not your neighbor right or left - and it's not God or the devil - it's you.

God give us men. The time demands strong minds, great hearts, true faith and willing hands.

I consider what I do soul music, it's music that is concerned with the soul.

Turns out we've been eating the wrong things...since the dawn of civilisation

So I will be on the mountain waiting Cause I am in need of more attention

You cannot be loving when you are blaming. You cannot be loving when you are criticising. You cannot be loving when you are judging.