She imagined she could taste the storm in him, the battering winds of desperation and frustration that met her own, blow for blow.

—the longer you silence a violin, the harder it is for it to find its true voice again.

Free the fire fluttering inside her rib cage. Work her muscles, the bow, the violin, until she played herself to ash and embers and left the rest of the world behind to smolder.

Half-truths only added up to a whole lie.

For the longest time, I saw them as the end of my journey, but now I think they were always meant to represent the beginning of yours.

It's our choices that matter in the end. Not wishes, not words, not promises.

He said he'd never remarry, because he'd never find another lady that fit so neatly at his side. He called her his equal in spirit.

What good is honour when greed eats away at its foundations?

Who could be satisfied with seeking out the four corners of one small world, when there was the whole of time to be had?

The burning flame is spirit of light.

In love one cannot be mediocre, nor can one sustain love without work. The choices in the past were not enough, and it was necessary to choose again.

the cynic is a coward. He foresees all barrenness so that barrenness can never surprise him.

At the end of the day, you want to be always the one that's one step ahead of everybody, and when it comes to hip-hop, culture and art, you want to be that signature guy.

As precious as life itself is our heritage of individual freedom, for man's free agency is a God-given gift.

Historically, the judicial branch has often been the sole protector of the rights of minority groups against the will of the popular majority.

There is no bravery in evil, no true courage in behavior that can only result in deep disappointment.

One of the problems of not allowing the American people to read what bin Laden has said is that in October 2001 just after the war began in Afghanistan, he gave a speech that had two parts to it.

Some People Like a House with A Fire Place, Others want a House they can set on Fire!

If I'm playing with Ozzy it's just a guitar thing. But with the vocals I feel like I'm studying for the SATs.