I want you to notice is that-right here, right now-you’re okay. You may be in pain, you may be in fear, you may be in grief. But you’re here, you’re surviving; this moment is okay.

Basic human contact - the meeting of eyes, the exchanging of words - is to the psyche what oxygen is to the brain. If you're feeling abandoned by the world, interact with anyone you can.

Given the eclectic and constantly shifting nature of my metaphysical inclinations, I will probably never feel certain exactly what an angel is.

At times in my life, I have been utterly lonely. At other times, I've had disgusting infectious diseases. Try admitting these things in our culture.

If you're feeling abandoned by the world, interact with anyone you can.

Instead of fretting about getting everything done, why not simply accept that being alive means having things to do? Then drop into full engagement with whatever you're doing, and let the worry go.

Don't expect the future to look like the past. Clear away expectations, and let yourself picture a wild, grand new world.

Whether you've seen angels floating around your bedroom or just found a ray of hope at a lonely moment, choosing to believe that something unseen is caring for you can be a life-shifting exercise.

Although beauty may be in the eye of the beholder, the feeling of being beautiful exists solely in the mind of the beheld.

Standards of beauty are arbitrary. Body shame exists only to the extent that our physiques don't match our own beliefs about how we should look.

Every day brings new choices.

Max, you're the last of the hybrids who still has...a soul.' ... 'She doesn't have soul, ' Gazzy scoffed. 'Have you ever seen her dance?

Human strength plus intelligence cannot unlock the door that God is hiding its key.

Summer is the time when it is too hot to do the job that it was too cold to do last winter.

I’m not letting you go, Fiona, ” he murmured before brushing his lips over hers. She tasted like heaven. And his. Only his. “I’m not going anywhere.

Always my fallback is - I'm gonna move to a poor town and open a scone shop.

Black Flag was formed in 1977. We first recorded in 1978.

The progressive notion of the state as a loving, caring parent is becoming a bipartisan affair.

It is a world not of angels but of angles, where men speak of moral principles but act on power principles; a world where we are always moral and our enemies always immoral.

You believe by doubting and you doubt by believing; yet this state too is not the final one.

I sort of fell out of new music. I'm old, I like what I like, and that's that.