It does, Tennyson, because there’s a fine line between confidence and arrogance. There’s a fine line between being assertive and being a bully. And you’re on the wrong side of both lines.

When you truly start to care about someone you become vulnerable to all sorts of things.

Walls don't fall without effort.

Happiness is not a state of being. Happiness is a vector, it is movement.

So is darkness better than a heartfelt lie?

The thing was, if I had found a way to escape- even for just a little while- I knew the pain would be there waiting for me when I got back.

...You know something, don't you?""I know lots of things--your inquiry needs to be more specific.""Just answer the question.""True/false or multiple choice?

Once in a while our school has half days, and the teachers spend the afternoon 'in service, ' which I think must be a group therapy for having to deal with us.

Those eyes of his just look up at me, pupils dilated in the diffused lights of the room. Wide, black pools, seeking out galaxies.

Darkness is my friend, and my biggest enemy" Temporary dark and deep

I think you get better at staring into space. Especially living in the South of France.

It has to be an awfully good meeting to beat having no meeting at all.

They did nothing wrong their time here has ended

Absence, the highest form of presence.

People can say anything they want to. If they don't want to get the news from me, get it from somebody else. It's not something I'm going to worry about, I'm sorry.

I like mindless disco... they say the lyrics are stupid and repetitious. So what's wrong with that? So is lying in the sun. Not everything has to be serious.

I have a West Coast rhythm section and a New York rhythm section. I've got them spread out all over the place.

To blame others for our misfortunes is always a victory for the nafs.

Escape before it’s too late.