Just because I wear black and keep a private journal, that doesn't mean I'm going to blow up the school. Or terrorize mindless cheerleaders, for that matter.

You're a dream. Like everything else.

Death always wins.

You yourself could be nothing more than a shadow, someone else’s dream who is, themselves, someone else’s.

The more this guy talked, the more he sounded like a fortune cookie.

She never answered. She couldn’t. All she could do was stare, reaching toward him with her gaze alone, pulling him to drown in the sorrow of those depthless black pools.

Painted faces laughed. It was like a mad carnival where everyone was oblivious, lost in the bliss of chaos, a throng unaware of a bomb planted beneath thefloorboards.

Evaluating the benefits and drawbacks of any relationship is your responsibility. You do not have to passively accept what is brought to you. You can choose.

I feel like a big thing is faith - to never lose my faith and to always stay true to who I am and to never be afraid to show who I am. I think the biggest thing is: Don't ever hide anything.

Even Heaven would be Hell to some people because they'd be too close to God!

A group needs enemies, because without enemies its identity cannot continue to be defined.

I find it very difficult just to sit. I would love to learn how to do that with contentment.

I have a very solo career. I only write with people that I really adore.

Oh, give me back the good old days of fifty years ago,“ has been the cry ever since Adam's fifty-first birthday.

Repentance is the virtue of weak minds.

If an enemy strikes your left cheek, offer him your right.

He alone is a redeemed being who causes no pain to others and avoids pain to himself.