Against destiny I fulfilled my duty. Uselessly? No, for I fulfilled it.

The value of things is not the time they last, but the intensity with which they occur. That is why there are unforgettable moments and unique people!

Life is what we make of it. Travel is the traveler. What we see isn't what we see but what we are.

My soul is a hidden orchestra; I know not what instruments, what fiddlestrings and harps, drums and tamboura I sound and clash inside myself. All I hear is the symphony.

The slope takes you to the windmill, but effort takes you nowhere.

We never love anyone. What we love is the idea we have of someone. It's our own concept—our own selves—that we love.

There are no norms. All people are exceptions to a rule that doesn’t exist.

Everything interests me, but nothing holds me.

I am nothing. I'll never be anything. I couldn't want to be something. Apart from that, I have in me all the dreams in the world.

It's been a long time since I've been me.

I bear the wounds of all the battles I avoided.

Faith changes us - faith in something intrinsically good, something other than ourselves, something bigger than ourselves.

No one has any right to tell you that the way you perceive yourself is wrong. Because by doing so, they also discourage the person you aspire to be.

You can just about always stand more 'n you think you can.

As exits go, that's a good one." It was pretty hard to have the last word with a vampire.

I no longer want to walk on worn soles.

Existence itself is nothing if not an amazement. Good poems restore amazement.

Passion is a decision about how we will approach life, before it becomes a feeling!

Even somebody like The Black Keys or Royal Blood, they all have this original roots base to what they do.

You know what Sunday is, it's a day with a lot of potential for naps.

I want to know if you can live with failure, yours and mine, and still stand on the edge of the lake and shout to the silver of the full moon, “Yes!”