For feeling, not events, is to me the essence of history.

When you were in love, you knew no fear or hatred. When you were fearful, there was no possibility of love or hate. And when there was hate, there was only hate.

I would look up at the moon and see that it was not the smooth orb we had all believed, but a pitted and scarred world with no air.

Some loves have to be given up, others have to be forgotten. Strange as it may sound, if you think of me as a monster, but I can love most passionately. I do not think of myself as evil.

People with power always take advantage of those without power.

I am a vampire, and that is the truth.

Before I begin, may I ask how old you are?""You may ask.""How old are you?""It's none of your business

He cries. 'Please! I don't want to die.'I lean over. My hair smothers him.'Then you should never have been born, ' I say.

Darkness approaches from outside.I feel no light inside me strong enough to resist it.

May the Lord deem us from deep gloom to the light.

Our homes travel with us. They are wherever we feel loved and accepted.

The greatness of poetry comes from its struggle to express the rapture of the soul in the contemplation of beauty.

Pride in many diverse ways is the enemy of love.

There must be room for penitence to mend Life's broken chance; else noise of wars would unmake heaven.

You put the tea in the kettle and light it. Put your hand on the metal and feel it.. but do you even feel it anymore?

The memoirs I love are all very intense. If you're going to do a memoir and protect yourself, what the hell's the point? Just do fiction.

The more time we spend considering the shortcomings of others, the smaller a person we become.

To me, Los Angeles and California and executive power are about big, open warehouse buildings. Tech companies are buying oversized buildings, because they project growth immediately.

The world moves into the future as a result of decisions, not as a result of plans. Plans are significant only insofar as they affect decisions.