As long as our civilisation keeps trundling along generally forwards, then there is the possibility of a future where ethnicity is merely an interesting badge, not a uniform you can't take off.

Travel far enough, you meet yourself.

Truth is singular. Its 'versions' are mistruths.

...now I'm a spent firework; but at least I've been a firework.

If swans weren't real myths'd make up.

Books don't offer real escape, but they can stop a mind scratching itself raw.

I believe death is only a door. One closes, and another opens. If I were to imagine heaven, I would imagine a door opening. And he would be waiting for me there.

Our lives are not our own. We are bound to others, past and present, and by each crime and every kindness, we birth our future.

A half-read book is a half-finished love affair.

You say you're 'depressed' - all i see is resilience. You are allowed to feel messed up and inside out. It doesn't mean you're defective - it just means you're human.

I believe there is another world waiting for us. A better world. And I'll be waiting for you there.

Flying dreams mean that you're doing the right thing with your life.

If at first you don't succeed, blame your parents.

Two new workers are being added to the population for every one job that is created.

I'd like to have a boyfriend in prison so I'd always know where he is.

I don't look at myself in the mirror. I'll flash past a mirror in the morning to check how I'm dressed, that's it.

Portraits are to daily faces As an evening west To a fine, pedantic sunshine In a satin vest.

You might be a redneck if somebody hollers ho-down and your girlfriend hits the floor.

I don't want to be made pacified or made comfortable. I like stuff that gets your adrenaline going.

If you do good, people will accuse you of selfish ulterior motives. Do good anyway.

We go through our careers and things happen to us. Those experiences made me what I am.