IT happened. There is no avoiding it, no forgetting. No running away, or flying, or burying, or hiding.

When people don't express themselves, they die one piece at a time.

I just want to sleep. A coma would be nice. Or amnesia. Anything, just to get rid of this, these thoughts, whispers in my mind. Did he rape my head, too?

Art without emotion its like chocolate cake without sugar. It makes you gag.

Censorship is the child of fear and the father of ignorance.

I wonder how long it would take for anyone to notice if I just stopped talking.

Gym should be illegal. It's humiliating.

It's easier to floss with barbed wire than admit you like someone in middle school.

Too much sun after a Syracuse winter does strange things to your head, makes you feel strong, even if you aren't.

I have survived. I am here. Confused, screwed up, but here. So, how can I find my way? Is there a chain saw of the soul, an ax I can take to my memories or fears?

Mr. Freeman sighs. "No imagination. What are you thirteen? Fourteen? You've already let them beat your creativity out of you!

Oh, my goodness, ” said Louisiana. “I’m just all filled up with feathers and regrets. And fears. I have a lot of fears.

Whatever is produced in haste goes hastily to waste.

When you wear a mask, you are not real.

Don't squash creativity, inspire it!

I'm far less a leader than a writer.

There would be too great darkness, if truth had not visible signs.

If you treat your feelings with as much love as you treat your dog or your cat or your child you'll feel as if you were living in heaven.

It takes a real man to live for God-a lot more man than to live for the devil, you know? If you really want to live right these days, you gotta be tough.

I realized I didn't want to be a photographer. I gave it up, but I still worked that job in the restaurant and I found myself constantly hanging out in the kitchen.

What doesn't feel okay to me, what feels a little bit out of balance, is when you want to turn yourself into something else - when you want to be another person.