Someone dehumanises you by violating your child and every human thought you had for them is broken, undermined, then gone.

It takes strength to be proud of yourself and to accept yourself when you know that you have something out of the ordinary about you.

So I got dressed up kind of Girl With The Dragon Tattoo-y goth. As I head out, I say bye to Mum and Dad, and Mum says, ‘You look cool’, just as Dad says, ‘You look terrifying.

If we know anything about man, it's that he's not pacific. The temptation to butcher anyone considered undesirable seems to be a common temptation, not always resisted.

This thing of being a hero about the main thing to it is to know when to die.

Kindness can turn the bad man's heart, and fools convert to wise, Make poison into nectar-juice, and friends of enemies.

A debt ... is just an exchange that has not been brought to completion.

I decided at 10 I wanted to be in a band; everyone else wanted to play football.

Truth and news are not the same thing.

I feel like I can compete against any physical player.

The Fed is the biggest enemy of this economy. In fact, Ben Bernanke, as far as I'm concerned, he's public enemy No. 1. We're never going to have a recovery while this guy's in charge.

The thing of course, is to make yourself alive. Most people remain all of their lives in a stupor.

The funny thing is, strangers still seem to feel comfortable coming up to me and saying things, but now usually it’s because they recognize me, and they say nice things.