How can one love the light and live in darkness?

Do you know what punishments I've endured for my crimes, my sins? None. I am proof of the absurdity of men's most treasured abstractions. A just universe wouldn't tolerate my existence.

..because the only kind of love I have to offer is stupid and blind and so deep and powerful that I feel like I'm cracking just to hold it in.

Moments of beauty sustain us through hours of ugliness.

If you worry about what everyone is trying to do, you become a spectator and not a player.

Put on some armor. Just remember what's armor and what's you, so when it's time to take it off, you can.

If you looked busy, you could get away with almost anything.

What people value in their books—and thus what they count as literature—really tells you more about them than it does about the book.

You don't need to like reality, only be strong enough to face it

Delusional people tend to believe in what they're doing.

Life is empty. Life is worthless. When we take a life, we aren't taking anything of value.- Durzo Blint

Some people say, “Never let them see you cry.” I say, if you’re so mad you could just cry, then cry. It terrifies everyone.

In order to protect the honour of her motherland, she had betrayed the trust of her mother.

I tell myself lies and soon I believe them.

I remain thankful to God for all his mercies.

I'm not going to lie down and let trouble walk over me.

We often excuse our own want of philanthropy by giving the name of fanaticism to the more ardent zeal of others.

I'm a bit of a chicken when it comes to seeing potentially horrifying things on the Internet.

We don't name God; God reveals His name to us. We don't have the right to exercise authority over God. God copyrights, He trademarks, He patents His name.

Don't be satisfied with just pumping blood.

In all honesty, I grew up a certain way. I never had to worry about money. That was my reality.