This, the language of deception, we both understand. We were born to it, along with the curses.

Mutually assured destruction.

I survive at the edge of friends circles.

Changing is what people do when they have no options left.

I can learn to live with guilt. I don't care about being good.

The truth is messy. It's raw and uncomfortable. You can't blame people for preferring lies.

I need you to be happy. I need one of us to be happy.

I know how to be the witness to her grief. I don't know how to be this kind of villain.

I'm afraid my voice is going to break. I am afraid she is going to hear how much this hurts.

I thought of how proud he was when he took the marks- cutting the skin of his throat in a long slash and then packing it with ashes until keloid scars rose up.He called it his second smile.

I got bored, " he says. "Besides, you know what's creepier than walking around your dead brothers' apartment? Sitting alone in a hearse in front of his apartment.

As long as you keep your mind fully focused on the brighter side of your life, those who wish for your downfall, would only be wasting their time and energy in vain.

When the weather's rough and it's whiskey in the rain it's best to wrap your savior up in cellophane.

Passionate hatred can give meaning and purpose to an empty life.

I was always accused of being cold and unfeeling. It was because I was intimidated about touching people.

The cricket's gone, we only hear machines In erg and atom they exact their pay. And life is largely lived on silver screens.

In my early teens, science fiction and fantasy had an almost-total hold over my imagination. Their outcast status was part of their appeal.

I read Nietzsche when I was a teenager and then I went back to reading him when I was in my thirties, and his voice spoke directly to me. Nietzsche is such a superb literary artist.

I don't look at anything. Every person whether he is Hindu, Muslim or Buddhist, he is my brother, my sister. I think we all do like that.

College coaches measure success in championships. High School coaches measure success to titles. Youth coaches measure success in smiles.

If you want to put your rock 'n' roll into mythology, [A Period of Transition] is from the Daddy Cool school.