I'm not sure I believe in the whole 'ghost-afterlife' thing, but I think places are marked by people who have been there.

She always had that about her, that look of otherness, of eyes that see things much too far, and of thoughts that wander off the edge of the world.

Happiness. Simple as a glass of chocolate or tortuous as the heart. Bitter. Sweet. Alive.

It isn't just a village. The houses aren't just places to live. Everything belongs to everybody. Everyone belongs to everyone else. Even a single person can make a difference.

I let it go. It's like swimming against the current. It exhausts you. After a while, whoever you are, you just have to let go, and the river brings you home.

A man may plant a tree for a number of reasons. Perhaps he likes trees. Perhaps he wants shelter. Or perhaps he knows that someday he may need the firewood.

I've never been very good at leaving things behind. I tried, but I have always left fragments of myself there too, like seeds awaiting their chance to grow.

I have an advanced degree in procrastination and another one in paranoia.

Some people spend the whole of their lives sitting waiting for one train, only to find that they never even made it to the station.

Life is what you celebrate. All of it. Even its end.

If wishes were horses, beggars would ride.

Once you can accept the universe as matter expanding into nothing that is something, wearing stripes with plaid comes easy.

I'm English. We're about as tactful as a hot poker up the bum, most of the time.

I mean, when the world comes for your children, with the knives out, it's your job to stand in the way.

If you want to keep a secret, you must also hide it from yourself.

I'm stranded all alone in the gas station of love, and I have to use the self service pump.

I have many friends that don't claim to be followers of Christ. As far as day-to-day friendship and being together at various functions, I don't think that there should be any difference at all.

Both of us, me and Friedrich Nietzsche being writers, if we weren't capable of some strategic self-deception, we would have moved on to more lucrative careers long ago.

CPR to those elements of what’s human and magical that still live and glow despite the times’ darkness.

It is so much safer not to feel, not to let the world touch me.

Most artists should be able to make the album that they want. You don't necessarily pick the singles that you want when you're making a record, but for the most part it's the same process.