The twin gods, Necessity and Chance, walked among the stars. What needed to be, was; what might be, sometimes was.

My own survival required me to counterbalance interesting with invisible.

Metaphor is awkward, but emotion, by its nature, leaves you no more scalable approach.

I was drawn to his aloofness, the way cats gravitate toward people who’d rather avoid them.

We were all monsters and bastards, and we were all beautiful.

Haven't you always been more than yourself? Haven't we all? We are none of us just one thing.

The world is seldom so simple that it hinges on us alone.

Sometimes the truth has difficulty breaching the city walls of our beliefs. A lie, dressed in the correct livery, passes through more easily.

Your lies didn't stop me loving you; your truth hasn't stopped me either.

The world inside myself is vaster and richer than this paltry plane, peopled with mere galaxies and gods.

I cannot perch among those who think that I am broken.

No matter how many leaves would the tree of your soul have in front of the intense heat in the words of Time in this world, they can never shade the eternity lost inside you.

Pride is seldom delicate: it will please itself with very mean advantages.

If I was invincible, maybe I would take up some extreme sports.

Our needs are our greatest asset. It turns out I've learned to give all the things that I need.

Money is a guarantee that we can have what we want in the future

I don't think the clothes make me, but I make the clothes.

War is elevating, because the individual disappears before the great conception of the state... What a perversion of morality to wish to abolish heroism among men!

There is how we were before, and how we are now, and the time between is spent choosing which doors to open, and which to close.

If you have a coach helping you, developing your skills alongside you, that's when you're on your way to becoming not just a participant but achieving.

True strength is not always shown through victory. Stand up, try again and display strength of heart.