I now see my life, not as a slow shaping of achievment to fit my preconceived purposes, but as the gradual discovery of a purpose which I did not know.

The growth of understanding follows an ascending spiral rather than a straight line.

It's weak and despicable to go on wanting things and not trying to get them.

There seemed to be endless obstacles preventing me from living with my eyes open, but as I gradually followed up clue after clue it seemed that the root cause of them all was fear.

I began to have an idea of my life not as the slow shaping of achievement to fit my preconceived purposes but as the gradual discovery and growth of a purpose which I did not know.

Sometimes I found that in my happy moments I could not believe that I had ever been miserable.

There seemed to be endless obstacles-it seemed that the root cause of them all was fear.

There seemed to be endless obstacles ... it seemed that the root cause of them all was fear.

It is weak and despicable to go on wanting things and not trying to get them.

Often, the bonds of marriage kill the purpose of the very marriage.

Everything in this world is primarily a matter of morals, and only very much later one of politics.

I felt like the blonde in every horror movie who hears a noise in the basement and goes to investigate alone. Sometimes you smell the stupid all around you, but you step in it anyway.

I'll be getting all types of crazy fans, from the hoodest dude to the straight-up dude in a business suit. It's dope. I have a crazy wide-range fan base.

Really it is very wholesome exercise, this trying to make one's words represent one's thoughts, instead of merely looking to their effect on others.

I personally adore origin stories - they're so intriguing, learning what shaped and formed a character.

I spent my whole childhood wishing I were older and now I'm spending my adulthood wishing I were younger.

I don't want people to watch the way I dress. I want people to watch the way I play.

I have lots of heroes: anyone and everyone who does whatever they can to leave the natural world better than they found it.

Life is a grindstone. Whether it grinds us down or polishes us up depends on us.