Eventually every man reaches a point where every memory is unwelcome

What makes a Malazan soldier so dangerous? They’re allowed to think.

If not for a dumb beast's incomprehension at its own destruction beneaththe loving hands of two heartbroken children.

the siren song/called silence

Words were numbers were codes were formulae. Words held secret maps, the measuring of paces, the patterns of mortal minds, of histories, of cities, of continents and warrens.

Most people who think they're happy are really just stupid.

If I left any good or planted any flowers among thorns, the credit goes to God and my many substantial friends.

Bacteria and other microorganisms find it easier to infect people who worry and fret.

i dont want to be compared to britney,ashlee,hilary or lindsay. i want to be compared to me.

Live and die in Aristotle's works.

Such squeamish youths as cannot bear to be connected with a little absurdity are not worth a regret.

The conscience of children is formed by the influences that surround them; their notions of good and evil are the result of the moral atmosphere they breathe.

I used and abused drugs and alcohol. When I stopped doing that it became a lot clearer that life goes from inside to giving as opposed to taking and destroying.

Without exception, empathy is always appropriate.

But if fashion were easy, wouldn't everybody look great ?