Something inexorable seeds itself in the place of your origin. You can never escape the bonds of family history, no matter how far you travel.

People have to snatch at happiness when they can, in this world. It is always easier to lose than to find...

It's painful to hold out hope for the things that once brought you joy. You have to find ways to make yourself forget.

My heart is shattered, an all that's left are jagged shards.

I remember her words to me when I left school: Your mind will be your comfort. It is, sometimes. And sometimes it isn't.

I couldn't have imagined how much more there was to lose.

I ... am left with the lingering feeling that the places we go in our minds to find comfort have little to do with where our bodies go.

The older I get, the more I believe that the greatest kindness is acceptance.

To get it all done I have to dim my brain, turn it down by notches like the flat-turn knob on a gas lantern, leaving only a nub of flame.

Do our natures dictate the choices we make, I wonder, or do we choose to live a certain way because of circumstances beyond our control?

This life of ours can feel an awful lot like waiting.

If elections could change anything, they would have already made them forbidden.

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What was once your crown will now be your collar, and you will wear it until you learn what it is to submit.

Eventually every man reaches a point where every memory is unwelcome

Only when you are dangerous are you truly equal to the world.

If the world appears abundant in smiles or overwhelmed by scowls, you might ask yourself if you're not to blame.

The new moon rode high in the crown of the metropolis. Shinin', like "Who on top of this?

How confusing the beams from memory's lamp are; One day a bachelor, the next a grampa. What is the secret of the trick? How did I get so old so quick?

The future of profit is purpose.

It is wonderful when you don't have the fear, and a lot of the time I don't ... I focus on what needs to be done instead.